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Up, Up and Away And Down With An Insurance Scam

A travel blog entry by kevscott11385

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... We all believe in the same God. Allah is no different to the Christian or Jewish God

The conversation moved on to the role of women in society. They are held in such high regard here. They are the mothers, the home makers, the givers of life and as such all males feel the need to protect them. It is a different viewpoint and when I mentioned equality, Mohammad astutely said that some of the finest doctors, lawyers and politicians here are women, if they wish to have a career ...

Luxor: Day Two

A travel blog entry by aliceatfr

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... are now housed in the Egyptian Museum.

Deir al-Bahri, the Mortuary Temple of Halshepsur (1465-1458 B.C.). It consists of three double colonades rising on terraces that melt into foot of towering limestone cliffs. Halshepsut (18th dynasty) was the most important woman ever to rule over Egyhpt as a pharoah. That to me was very impressive.
I could only climb ...

Luxor and Valley of Kings and Queens, by Don Hogle

A travel blog entry by wareameye

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We leave our cruise ship early in the morning and board a ferry boat that takes us across the river. Our "Captain" introduces himself as Aly Baba. As at every tourist spot in Egypt, nobody's shy in asking for bashish and rubbing the tips of their thumb and index finger together. But occasionally the request is a bit more subtle and even entertaining.

We visit the Valley of the Kings, where the tombs of some ...

Once More Into The Valley of Death

A travel blog entry by kevscott11385

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... there was a sudden thunderous sound. It is unfortunate that a coach load of Germans manage to enter the tomb of Ramses VII just as they entered the Sudetenland! Marching right through anything that stood in their way and annexing the sarcophagus in the burial chamber so nobody else could see it. I started humming the theme tune from The Dambusters and made my way back to the surface.

Thankfully the tomb of Ramses IX was under allied control and less busy, but boy was it ...

A Dick Amongst Eunuchs

A travel blog entry by kevscott11385

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... in a chariot. The hunting and fishing scenes are especially vivid, however, as a whole this tomb was not as spectacular as that of Nakht.

Having seen our two allotted tombs, we took a short drive to The Ramesseum or Mortuary temple of Ramses II. Ramses II was the greatest builder of all Egyptian pharaohs and his temple, named the temple of a million years, was the most magnificent in all of Egypt. Like most of the Temples on the West bank. Apart from Hatshepsut’s ...

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