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Egypt 4

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Łowiczanka

This gallery contains 39 photos.

The area around Amarna had been off limits to tourists for years, due to problems around El Minya, but now we were headed there. Even though the four of us were traveling on our own, not part of a tour, we still had a police escort, which changed as we entered new territories. But when we neared Assyut, we were shocked to see our escort was a Tank !!! Yikes !!! Continue reading →

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Egypt 3

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Łowiczanka

This gallery contains 76 photos.

“Homage to thee Ra, Supreme power, who makes the earth visible, who gives light to those Westerners…”

That was the Litany to Re that we recited one night in front of the awesome temple of Rameses the Great at Abu Simbel. Continue reading →

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