Egypt 1957

Nile River Cruise Abu Simbel Alexandria Aswan Cairo to Alexandria Cairo Dendera Edfu Egypt 1957 Egypt 1957 El Alamein Esna Locks Karnak Kom Ombo Luxor On the Nile Philae Pyramids Sakkara Sphinx Valley of the Kings

Egypt

From my visit in 1957.

 

As a student, I took deck passage from Greece to Alexandria, Egypt for a two week tour of the country.

 

 

A street scene in Cairo

Cairo in 2005

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Islamic Cairo

 

in a Cairo neighborhood

 

veiled women in Cairo

Old town Cairo in 2005

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along the Nile

 

the old water wheel

 

like in the drawing

 

water wheel in a demonstration (2005)

More Rural Scenes 2005

On the Nile in 2005

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Luxor

 

along the Nile at Luxor

Luxor Temple in 2005

 

Entrance to Karnak

 

Columns from the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt

Karnak Temple in 2005

 

tulip columns

 

across the Nile in a boat to the Valley of the Kings
(the burial place of Thebes)

 

entrance to one of the tombs

 

a burial scene in the tomb

Valley of the Kings in 2005

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This temple on the island of Philae, was in 1957 partly underwater for parts of the year (December to May) due to the lake formed by the Aswân dam on the Nile. Since then the newer higher dam has completely submerged the island and the temple area.

Philae temple in 2005

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old pyramid at Sakkara

Sakkara in 2005

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Grand Pyramids at Giza

 

pyramids at Giza

 

The Sphinx

 

The great pyramid of King Cheops.

Giza in 2005

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