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Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt
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Oscar the Grouch
This is a top pick! ... on the train from Cairo (not the night train this time) I was able to see some more of the ‘real’ Egypt. Unfortunately, this was an Egypt covered with garbage. All along the sides of the tracks, mounds within the towns, and ...
Dude! Where's my Donkey?
This is a top pick! ... just a joy to be in a place and see everyone working and studying. The Catacombs in Alexandria are the largest known Roman burial site in Egypt. It was discovered by accident in 1900 when a donkey pulling a cart disappeared ...
Infedels
This is a top pick! Visiting in a highly Islamic society, you’re not only segregated as foreigner, but you have the added discrimination of not being Muslim. Now normally, one’s religious convictions are a fairly private affair, but here you can tell ...
Dental Procedures
This is a top pick! ... immediately, Brian was amazed at the high tec equipment and efficiency all around. Who would have thought that we would travel to Egypt to go to the Dentist! Not only was it beautiful, efficient, and competent, it all came at about a 5th of ...
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Alexandria National Museum
Alexandria, Egypt
More than 1800 archaeological pieces are exhibited chronologically from one floor to the next: the basement is devoted to Prehistoric and Pharonic times; first floor to the Graeco-Roman period; second floor to the Coptic and Islamic era that highlights artifacts raised during recent underwater excavations.
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Carmous, Alexandria, Egypt
An ancient circular staircase leads down into these tombs that were tunneled into the bedrock during the age of the Antonine emporers (2nd century AD).
Pompey's Pillar
Alexandria, Egypt
This 25-meter-high granite column was constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletian in AD 297.
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Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (Bodrum)
Posted by manzara
... Babylon (in today’s Iraq), the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Colossus of Rhodes in Greece, the Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria (Egypt) and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (also in Turkey, of course), the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was one of the ...
Cairo the Metropolis of the Ancients
Posted by greekcypriot
... and airlines have daily services to Cairo. Alternatives lie in flying into holiday-favourite Sharm el Sheikh or the northern city of Alexandria, and taking a cheap domestic flight, or car journey on to the capital. Stay: If the daily hectic Cairean life is ...
What to wear in Egypt?
Posted by arabic4
... , for men; Normal trousers, shirts and T-shirts are fine. You can wear shorts on beaches or resorts or in Cairo or Alexandria or Luxur or Aswan, but it still preferable and more appropriate to wear full-length trousers in towns especially if you go to ...
Cairo, Alexandria
Posted by skeeter
[B] Needing info from anyone who had been to Cairo, Alexandria and surrounding cities ??? this will my first visit. Would like a little free advice about what to expect , such as weather in Feb. Appropriate apparel, etc. Hotels to stay in Alexandria, ...
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