mardi 19 août 2014

The magic of Egypt

    Sprung from the depths of time, the civilization of ancient Egypt fascinates all who
 begin to unravel the slow and majestic course of its iconic river, the Nile. Already in the time of the Greeks and Romans, "tourists" in Egypt marveled traces left by a civilization that was more than two millennia of existence.

   With his illustrious figures (Cheops, Ramses II, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen and the 250 Pharaohs, Moses and Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, Saladin, Mohammed Ali Mamluk, Champollion, Ferdinand de Lesseps and his canal, Howard Carter, Nasser. ..), with its tombs and temples saved from the waters, colossal sculptures and columns in the form of papyrus, crocodiles and sarcophagi, Egypt permanently inhabit the imagination of all who will ply.

   But at the Pyramids beyond cruises marked palaces and saw a people, it will mix with the bustle of the souks and popular districts, sipping tea and smoking shisha on the terrace of a cafe, rub mosques among the most prestigious in the Arab world, to understand and appreciate appreciate Egypt and the Egyptians.

   And interest, too, in this revolution that shook the country.

The Bible once evoked the 10 plagues of Egypt, but the only one you will suffer nostalgia for a mesmerizing journey ...

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