Egypt Pictures and information Page 1

Egypt Pictures and information, page 1. Taken on both September 25, 2001 and January 7, 2003.
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	We flew Egypt Air on board a Boeing 777 aircraft. They fly Non-stop from New York to Cairo at 11:00 Pm every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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	Our Hotel The Semiramis InterContinental Cairo, Egypt Located in the heart of the city center facing the River Nile, the hotel is close to the Egyptian Museum, the Cairo Opera House and the Cairo Tower. The Citadel, Old Cairo, downtown shops and commercial center are nearby. The Giza Pyramids and Cairo International Airport are just 25 km (16 miles) away.

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	The Egyptian museum in Cairo was established by the Egyptian government in 1935. The present building was built in 1900, in the neo-classical style by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. The museum exhibited collections now exceed 120,000 objects ranges from the pre historic era to the Greco-Roman period.

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	Mohammed Ali Mosque, also known as the "Alabaster Mosque".	Saint Sergus Church, where in its crypt, it is believed the Holy family stayed while in Egypt.

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Man fears Time, yet Time fears the Pyramids (Arab Proverb)

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the one and only Wonder which does not require a description by early historians and poets. It is the one and only Wonder that does not need speculations concerning its appearance, size, and shape. It is the oldest, yet it is the only surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders. It is the Great Pyramid of Giza, protected by the Sphinx.

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Sakkara is best known for the Step Pyramid, the oldest known of Egypt's 97 pyramids. It was built for King Djoser of the 3rd Dynasty by the architect and genius Imhotep, who designed it and its surrounding complex to be as grand as it was unique and revolutionary. Imhotep was the first to build stone tombs in honor of the king's majesty. His many titles included 'Treasurer of the King of Lower Egypt', 'Administrator of the Great Palace', and 'Imhotep the Builder, the Sculptor, the Maker of Stone Vessels'. Imhotep may have also designed the pyramid of Djoser's successor, Sekhemkhet

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	Abu Simbel: In 1257 BCE, Pharaoh Ramses II (1279-13 BCE) had two temples carved out of solid rock at a site on the west bank of the Nile south of Aswan in the land of Nubia and known today as Abu Simbel. Long before Ramses II, the site had been sacred to Hathor of Absek. The temple built by Ramses, however, was dedicated to the sun gods Amon-Re and Re-Horakhte

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