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Jennifer off southern continent characterized by blazing hot

Desert

Fertile life-giving rivers

And dominated by relentless son

Miser country

Without comparison

Egypt

From the barren mountainous landscapes of the sinai to the teeming metropolis of Cairo

The diversity of this country is bound

With the heartbeat of a vibrant marketplace ruling trade

The giant Bazaars explosive colour variety

Catalyses the senses

The River Nile

Coursing from the city Gates

Bells deep

Into the Sahara

Carving a kilometre wide strip of verdant green which passes through centuries of ancient history

From a tiny rivulet born over 5000 years ago

There grew an astounding culture

The like of which will never be seen again

Dryness on this spectacular journey

Through the miracle

Which we call

Egypt

Our journey starts in the region where several thousand years ago a man lead his nation

Out of slavery

Into the holy land

Moses journey out of Egypt

Is littered with miracles and legends

Which Mark the history of the stunning Mount sinai

The sun rises above this spiritual place

Astounding us with it

Panoply of

Colour

The sinai Peninsula

Lies in the east of Egypt

On the border between Africa and Asia

This Peninsula is

Is characterized by desert

And it's a vast chain of mountains

Mount sinai

Also known as Mount Moses

Is found in the south

The Peninsula

And climbs to a height of

2285 m

The second highest mountain in Egypt

As Dawn breaks it touches the summit of the Mountain

The multitude of Peaks are still shrouded in mist till long past Daybreak

But even now

There are often large groups of people gathering

The holy mount

These people are pilgrims

Who started their journey many hours before at the river bass

Climbing to the summit

In order to celebrate the traditional rising of the sun

At the very top

Of the Mountain

6 the chapel of Saint Moses

Also called the chapel of the Holy Trinity

The exterior is surprisingly simple

Given that the Legend of Moses receiving the tablets of the

The Ten Commandments from God

Happened here

The chapel roof boasts a massive bell

On which are written praises to God

Doxology

In Greek

Above the below small sign and dozens of languages

Declares

Peace on Earth

And Goodwill

Do all men

At the foot of the Mountain lies one of the oldest

Christian abbeys in the world

The Abbey of St Carta

Built between 548 and 565 BC

The Abbey is named after Catherine of Alexandria

One of the most important saints in religious culture

The Saint was born a princess from Cyprus who became a martyr

In the 4th century a d

On account of her unwavering belief

The Abbey was built on top of her mortal remains

Most pilgrims are drawn by the Legend of Moses

But St Catherine's Abbey has also drawn

Large crowds

What's from long ago

Due to its holyrail

The abbeys library stores over 6000 manuscript of Christian doctrines

This is matched only by the Vatican itself

Another rarity

R2000 icons

Still partly in existence since the 9th century

This stunning collection was able to survive not only due to the monks diligent care

But in particular due to the unusually isolated location

In all the centuries of its existence

The Abbey has never been plundered

Making it one of the only Christian sanctuaries in history

To survive in its original form

Moses presents emanates from the holy chapel of the thorn bush

Which preserves the Legend of god showing himself to Moses as a Burning Bush

And the Angel of the lord appeared to him in a

Fiery blaze of the Bramble

And he saw that the bush was burning

In the fire

And was not consumed

God who presents himself in Hebrew as yahweh

In the encounter with Moses promises he will free the nation of Israel from Egypt captivity

And deleted it to the holy land of canaan

Which in our days is known as Israel

After 10 days of extreme Enduro

And separating the ocean

To pass through

Moses eventually lead the Nation of Israel to Mount sinai

You reached

The top of the Mountain

And receive

The Ten Commandments of God

Like Moses we will submit ourselves to the desert

Largest part of Egypt is dominated by the vast Sahara

Here you can see the entire spectrum of an extreme environment

From the spiky unforgiving rock formations

2B undulating ever-changing June

Overlooked by the burning fire

The sun

The Sahara covers most of Egypt

But the regions differ wildly within this vast landscape

To the left of the upper River Nile stretches the Libyan desert

The right Bank Of The Nile covers just the Eastern desert

To the north of the Libyan desert lies the wadi Al hitan

One of the most important archaeological finds in terms of fossil

Desert is characterised by 1

Element

Hits

Terrible

It's not unusual to find temperatures climbing to over 60 degrees

Equally extreme is the Rapid fall in those figures

When the air cools down quick

Once out of the sun

In winter temperatures reaching below 0

Are not uncommon

But easily the most dangerous asp

This climate

Is the dry atmosphere

And the unexpected scorching heat

Despite the scarcity of water in this hostile environment

It is still possible to track signs of life

In the extreme desert

Criss-crossing the Sahara

Are dozens of riverbed

Once fed by water but now long since dried out

But as the wadi

Still carry water when rain falls in the mountains

They still draw clusters of nomad

Puneet

To cross the desert

The apparent

Piece of the worries is deceptive

With sudden thunderstorms in the mountains

Water levels can Rise dramatic

Even pudding traveller

Where is at risk of drowning

The primeval Ocean

Covered the entire continent

Lettuce

40 million years ago

This accounts for the remains of ancient mammals often found

Egyptian wadi Al hitan

The Valley of the Whales

Gives its name to the host of discovered whale skeleton

Most of them are fossilized remains

Of the now extinct basilosaurus also known as

King lizard

Similar to the swordfish this predator of Wales survived on a diet of small fish

These fossils show the remains of Hind legs

Which proves

Who's the theory

That wheels are the ancestors of all animals speech

To the east of the Sahara lies the Red Sea

It's name May derive from the Persian

Gave all cardinal directional points a distinctive colour

This seemed art the most southerly point which became the red

The North Point was named the Black Sea

The Red Sea is the only sea which does not have a natural in flowing river

Instead

There is a sea

Gate in the south

Which connects

Do the Indian Ocean

Due to its isolated location the level of salinity is very high

That makes the water clearer than most other seas on this continent

This makes the Red Sea perfect for diving tours

Making it a favourite with tourists

In this vast desert landscape

There is some respite in the form of gurgling oases

Switch allow for some life to exist

East in this wilderness

From the beginning of time

These always have been vital

For the survival of the indigenous desert

Tribes

From the outside

No more than a small rock poo

Sheltered by a couple of spots palm trees

Cool cities good survive after

The underground water supply

Hidden beneath the sun

The majority of oases

Have their source in a day

Underground Basin

Stemming from below sea level

The ground water collects in these pools

And comes to

To the surface as a small lake

Gore Street

A variety of species of plants and trees thrive

From deciduous trees to palm trees

Typically

Regress is close to the bubbly spring

The largest overseas are the ones that

Ion Basin

Albaria

And the values of her rapra

But despite the use abundant water holes

They are

Compared to the free-flowing Nile

Coursing through Egypt

In sneaking tributary

Finally

At the Apex of the Nile

Gathers towards the Mediterranean Sea

Widening it's Delta

From Cairo to Alexandria

Imagine a long journey

Through the fierce conditions of

Every drop of water would be value

At last we reach the mighty Nile

This is the longest river on Earth

And was the life source for Ancient

The Nile begins at the junction where the white and blue Nile meet

At cartoon

On the fertile banks of the Nile lashed vegetation sprawl

2 to 3 miles wide

Creating a green suede

Through the desert

Small settlements have grown up around the

Date palm Oasis

Along the entire river

Annual flooding guarantees a prolific

Fertilisation of the soil

The visit colour of the Nile mod

Gave its name to the ancient Egyptian state

Kismet

The black Ladd

Since the building of the Magi Aswan Dam

No flooding has breached the bed

For centuries the Nile was the thoroughfare for fishermen

And later merchant ships

Now it is a flourishing tourist route for luxury passenger ships

Very interest from one exotic Nile city to the next

Past its breathtaking ruin

At the end of the delta of the Nile Segways into the Mediterranean Sea

Gathering at the metropolis of Alexandria

Where our journey is leading US

Alexandria is located on the Mediterranean coast

And is the second biggest city in Egypt

After Cairo

Guinness Chequered history

The city has been a royal capital of the

The successes of the Pharaohs

And home to two impressive buildings

Lighthouse of pharos

And the impressive library of Alexandria

Since it's Foundation

Water has played a central part in the city of Alexandria

Today the harbour is the largest in Egypt

And one of the biggest in Africa

The harbour which was mostly known as a shipping Port

The game famous outside Egypt

Dude what you gonna love heart attack

Which was salvaged from the dark

In recent years

The ships belonging to ancient family businesses

Carry on regardless

Famous home

Carefully navigating through the Narrow shipping Lane

Humber bank lime or ship

Switching to say or being referred

Many vessels from past eras of seafaring or showed up on the Strand

Whilst new boats are built just a few yards away

A few hundred yards away at the industry Harbour of Alexandria they build container ships

Distance to

The travel all over the world

Many of those who have not found employment as doctors

Are helping to complete the new ships

They often find themselves working on yachts

Or passenger ferry

Some of the families have worked at The Strand for generations

In the past

The demand for such boards was much higher than

Now

This is due to the recent

Egyptian rejection

Western intervention

Which is made the once booming tourist industry

Collapse

Once again

The Tourists are not aware of the dockers huge effort

Boots on the Strand

Instead they are enthralled by the

History of the

The country and its native tongues

On top of the world

Truing stand Sport

Kitebay

Which watches over Alexandria Harbour

The defensive fortification was built at the end of the 15th century

Before then

It's to run the same spot as the famous Paris Lighthouse

The Lighthouse was built by ptolemy

A ruler of the leading Dynasty

Greek successors to the Egyptian pharaohs around to 80

BBC

After withstanding centuries of earthquakes

The Lighthouse finally collapse

I've left behind

Justice Rouen

The Stones were eventually reused

To build a fortress

The board has few window

Switch makes the inside gang

Shadowing

Cold

The high-tech walls are supported by a complicated system of semicircular Arches and vaults

This massive and well fortified construction

Was primarily built for two

Defence against the Turks

Finally it was used for defensive purposes and Wars arguably far more than its architect would have imagine

Where did they the Egyptians

Flag slabs proudly on battlements reaching to the sky

Back then

At the time of the Napoleonic Wars

Guards patrolled on top of the walls and Towers

In the inner Courtyard Garrison

How's the troops of soldier

Now

All The Small eyelet

Narrow spy holes

I've been bricked up

No longer used by foreign military

But my nosey tourists

Look in front of the gates

Staring into history

Rising along the Mediterranean coastline

Is the silhouette

Of Alexandria the city with 1000 facets was built

By Alexander the Great

In 331 years BC

The city has carried his name ever since

This new city only took a few years to become one of the most important cities in the Mediterranean

With the building of the Lighthouse of pharos

Have a great library

Alexandria's reputation as a sophisticated cosmopolitan city with c

The Lighthouse collapsed

And a Great Library was consumed by fire

Dozens of natural catastrophe

Earthquake

Pics of floods

Alexandria to its knees

And left it almost meaning

Today the city present itself in a new light

Contemporary architecture

Xix and XX century stands between the credentials of the city's polemic

Forefathers

A visitor

May be anxious

But the past will not represent itself more clearly but if they look

It bursts out in between the modern alleys and sites

Streets

On first impression the cityscape is heavily influenced by

Buy Traders

Hawkers and shops

Who try and tempt you with their fresh goods and produce

Away from the trading District

Could you find all

Kinds of small parks

Carousel

Adminer fortifications

Is €4 music

A touring fanfares setting up in this party

The town

As soon as it opens

All the

The kids are excited

And storm into the new playground eagerton

Grab the toy

Just a Stones throw away is an animal market

As in other African countries

Egypt has similar traditions

And in Alexandria

The connection between human and animal is still very Direct

And origin

Outside the city walls

Herders gather the animals into flocks to lead them into the center of the

The towns market

In the Shadow of the big municipal housing blocks

You can still find some space

Eton choir

Removing you immediately for

From the hustle and bustle

Alexandria

Rising 154

Feet into the air

Is the pillar of Pompeii

This is the largest Roman pillar ever found outside the Imperial capitals of Rome and

Constantinople

Istanbul

Besides this heirloom of Roman history

Are the sphinxes

Part of the incredible Egyptian Legacy

The pillars name goes back to the commander

Myers pompeius Magnus

Despite it actually being built

In Honour of the Roman emperor

Vehicle Essien

The amphitheatre is the second most

Most famous Testament

To the Roman era

Allowed to remain open and intact

It lies at the city's center

After excavation

It is one of the rare amphitheatre is which sustained the semicircular form

Apart from being aesthetically pleasing

The amphitheatre is design

Offers a spec

Rectangular acoustic

Take advantage

Because of the special build of The Spectator ranked seating

You could hear actors and others even when they were whispering

Most likely the entertainment was in line with the

Bread and circuses theme

Gladiator and animal fight

Stoke place as was common in the rest of the country at that time

Around the important archaeological site more and more ancient buildings have been Unearthed

An insight

Into the Spectacular for more life

Of Alexandria

Another place hear that attracts many people that has nothing to do with the Romans

Is the montaza palace

Built 100 years ago was a summer residence

It became a feature

Alexandria

Which boasts a more bearable temperature

Weather in Cairo during summer

The Architecture of the palaces outline

The classic Egyptians

Style

Instead

There is more of a Moorish

And Florentine

Influence

Which gives the building rather more of a Mediterranean

Character

The grand Palace

With its fences

Lack of crowds

May give the impression that it is closed to the public

In fact

The montaza palace

Has been opened a visitors for many years

It offers tourists a Wonderful Tour

And because of its walls

A breathtaking View from

From the top legends of its rising Tower

Today the grounds and gardens of the palace are enjoyed his picnic areas

As for the lucky inhabitants of Alexandria

The symbol of modern Islam

Rises

Shiny Dome.

Dazzling in

The daily sun against an azure Blue Sky

The mask

At once

The meeting point

And a place

Super religious worship

For every Muslim

Islam is the most widespread religion

Near and Middle East

Madani Arabic

Speaking world

4 years

Egypt was part of the

The Christian tradition

But has been Islamic

4 century

Snap

Islam has already overcome all Geographic borders

And influences our day to day life in many ways

We can see just in the face of the

The beautiful cupolas and minarets of the mosque

The true impression of Islam

In the beginning of the seventh century followers across the Ancient World

The glare of the prophet Muhammad

The messenger of Allah

And founder of the religion of Islam

After the prophet

Step the new religion spread had an almost

Unbelievable pets

First in the forest

And then across all continents

Including North Africa and finally into your

Aldi's

Different cultures

Witnessed the spread

Obviously

Alongside this there emerged many different and unique

Architectural forms

Mud and clay masks

Of the Sudan

The domes of Granada in Spain

Despite their different forms

Whatever eye mask

Appears like

Outside

They all have one thing in common

The minaret

5 times a day this power is climbed by the muezzin

He calls all the believers out

Prayer

In addition to the more typical minarets which carrier pitch

Route

You may also see more exotic ones

For example

Minarets with

Staircases on the outside

This type goes back to the Samara mass

In a row

Just as all masks

Have a minute

Likewise the large open space

An internal courtyard

Belongs to Primark

Generally there is a plant

Built in every space

Which serves the daily ritual of washing

Before every

Prayer you have to wash face

Hands and feet

Because of the fountains do

Deep religious significance

They often have a generous hyrule

In front of the Muhammad Ali mosque in Cairo

Dans of counting the pavilion of which

Is especially

Finally rot

Inside the mosque lies the most important

Element of the tradition

The Muir hub

The prayer corner

Ambre Sultan Hassan mosque

This corner is adorned with the finest marble

By the most accomplished builders

Spring Corner

Points in the direction of Mecca

I'm shows the supplicant

Which direction to pray

Towards

On public and religious

Holidays the adjacent minbar

Is climbed by The Mask

Spiritual leader

BMR

In order that everyone can hear him

He stands with his back towards

What's the crowd

Fixing the Muir hub

The circular form of the

The prayer corner insurance the voice of the Aman

Is thrown out loud and clear

Back

In Truro

Masks do not only serve the purpose of

Prayer

CRT

Equally important as a place where the social life of the community

Who plays its role

Apart from the glorious prayer room

There are also separate community room

Especially an old masks

Where families spend their spare time

Talking and worshipping together

Fountains and courtyards are found in almost every

As they have always been part

Other masks design

Islamic art

Just arrived very much from Sonia climb

Emberglow

And therefore uses

A historic

Interplay between light

Open Dark

Shadow and sun

When it grew dark outside

Light globe from an array of lamps with artistically designed cutouts and slits

Kings of night light

Wind around masks

Set sunset

I've give a war room

Relaxing

Atmosphere

Throughout all the walls and windows of the masks

You will not find any pictures

Of religious themes

I'm liking Christian

There is no depiction of human figures

In the Islamic religion

No images of the Prophet

Instead you find quotations from the Quran

And calligrams

Saying

And prayer

Which decorate the walls of guards

The highest point of the Mask is often decorated with

Cupolas

With huge colourful ornaments

Arabesques

Extending from over the ceilings all the way down to the floor

Cutting Through the Narrow thronging Street

Like a deep ravine

This passageway runs towards the center of

Egypt's capital

Passing flats

Houses and buildings from all decades of the past century

As it merges into the skyline

Of Cairo

Pyro lies on the right side of the Nile

And at the mouth of the fan-shaped Nile River Delta

In Egyptian

The city is called alcohol

Meaning the Victorious

From being a small stronghold

Cairo due to being the capital of Egypt

And the largest city on the African continent

Taking in the Magnificent Skyline of the city

One can see cairo's multitude of minarets and mosques

Together with the countless tops of skyscraper

It is a clash between culture

Religion Adam modern lifestyle

The Nile crosses the city like a Lifeline

Since kairos Foundation the river is an absolute necessity

In addition to the water transport

Port Cairo has wide roads and an infrastructure

The guarantees it's modernity and prosperity

Hundreds of thousands travel every day

From the Suburbs and outskirts

To the centre of the cafe

Perhaps due to the vast amount of people commuting in and out of the city

Cairo has developed a very flexible attitude to traffic regulation

Let's move away

Bustling crowds on the street into the tank

Nazi Ali

The fascinating Bazaar

Offers goods from all over the country

Some of the shop scene

Tiny but

Each merchant is absolutely convinced of their own products

And can Delve into the stock

Producing incredible treasures

Apart from the array of

Spices herbs

Garments

The Bazaar also offer

There is more precious items

Some sellers offer bowls

Plates

Made from metal

Slate

Decorated with ancient calligraphy

Other clever merchants

To transport their stores to make them look like shops on the High Street

Fresh produce like me

Fruits and vegetables are displayed and judged by the critical customer

The choices on the market

Our best

And prices can differ wildly from store to store

Every store

Often with the written prices having no substance at all

Here in the gigantic Bazaar of Cairo

The principle of bargaining

Rules

Haggling

Or bargaining can take minutes

But it's about a valuable piece it could take much longer

It's pretty much taken as an insult

The customer accepts the first

Price the seller offers

Bargaining is a kind of ritual here

As much a part of the sale

ASDA payment

Herbs are the most popular

Product

Over hundreds of years

Herb and silk stalls exported there exotic powders to various European country

Today

Herbs and herbal mixtures

I prepared in various

Small warehouses

The products are milled

To begin with

The powder that comes out of the middle is still not

Finance

Aromatic enough to be sold immediate

The powdered then needs to be safe

Reworked and saved again

Until it is

Absolutely pure

It will then arrive in huge bag

At the market

Outside the city centre

Is a camel Mark

This traditional ancient market was much more important during the time when

Caravan

Travel through the desert

Mini caravans started out

In Cairo

To travel towards Mecca

The route

From Cairo was known as the safe

For the believer

Although the traditional routes to Mecca are not in use anymore

The camel market still is

Very busy today

Overseers

Watch that a camel stay in their places

Close to their sellers

There are many Traders Here to

So no animals are mixed up the camels are marked

Wood colour

These camels

I've been barred

And are leaving the camel market for their new home

We're back in Cairo

At the Egyptian museum

It was built in the year 1900

To save the valuable art treasures

Glean from thousands of years of tomb robberies

This museums collection

Is considered to be the largest in the world

And includes

Countless artifacts belonging to Egyptian emperors

But not every king of Egypt was a pharaoh

Only in the 17th

Dynasty

About 1700 years ago were Egyptian Kings given the title

Faro

Standing out from the many mummies the most famous exhibit is the golden death mask of the Ledger

Very young king

Tutankhamun

This mask

Consists of 11 kilos of

Pure gold

What we know about the Kings of ancient Egypt comes mainly from

Tombs and buildings built by The Pharaoh in their honor

Unbeknown to the many visitors and followers of

Egyptian culture

The oldest evidence of the Dynasty lies not hundreds of miles from the heart of the city

But right here at

At the gates of Cairo

From the second Dynasty onwards

The Suburb of saqqara

Was used as burial place for all the Egyptian pharaohs and Kings

Two more infamous temple complexes of pharaoh dynasties

Are located here

At The River Bend of the Nile

Karnak

And Luxor

The most extensive information about

About Egypt gods can be found in these

Huge temple complexes

The largest is the temple City

Karnak

Contact history goes as far back as 2000 BC

On its vast ground

Not only temples for God

But also for Faro

Kings and very often their wives

The biggest temples

Arthur the king of Gods

Amun-re

The God of War rant

And the goddess nut

Religion played a Leading Role

Ancient Egypt

The belief in the ubiquity of the guards was mirrored in The Pharaoh

Who was seen as the son of the sun god re

Egyptian sky depicting hundreds of guards was the largest in history

Benevolent God like the sun god re

And the god of creation item

Stood opposite the gods of Destruction

Like set

And Apophis

Incartec is also the largest finished apple

Standing 90

Repeat high

Obelisks were seen as the symbol of the rays of the sun god re

And therefore had

Huge religious significance

Obelisks were always card from a single piece of rock

But the finished obelisk could not contain any blemishes or

Cracks

If a defect was found during the carving

The work was 6th immediately and abandoned

Leading from the Temple of Amun

Used to be an alleyway adorned with countless sphinxes

Leading up to the Legendary temple complex of Luxor

This complex was the annual setting for the orbit Festival

On this festival

Statues of the gods Amun

Moat

Andkon

Were taken by both like

Chariots on a procession from Karnak

Through to the yards and the columns holes onto the road to Luxor

We have learnt that this ceremony and strenuous

Ritual

Was performed to legitimise the emperor

And there for the maintenance of the mark

The ancient Egyptian world

Order

The principle belief

The Egyptian era

Was the disorder could only exist

Through the Pharaoh

And his execution of rituals like the opec festival

This was the only way to prevent

Chaos

And the destruction of their mighty Empire

Close to the Nile Delta

Lies the Dead City Sakura

Some of these burial Tombs are over 5000 years old

The name Sakura

Is probably a derivation of the name of the god of death

Soccer

She featured in an incredible ritual

In which mummies

Would lose their soul

Sakura became a burial ground so early in Egypt history

Probably due to its close proximity to Memphis

The original capital of Egypt

Just a few miles

From here

Here we can see

Inside the

The tomb of teddy

A wall with a standing hieroglyphics

Wickes

These scripts were probably never finished

As30 died unexpectedly

The hieroglyphics

Were mentally

The king to the realm of the Dead

Originally

Sakura these murals still found in many times today

Used to be drawn on the outside

Gradually

They were transferred inside

To protect them from the corrosive weather

And Sandstorm

Next to the ruined Chapel

Rises the pyramid of djoser

It represents the belief of life

After death

And has suffered the ravages of time

On the highest point over the complex

Stands the oldest witness

To the Ancient World

There are about eighty pyramids remaining throughout Egypt

The most famous ones are found in Giza

But many more are found in other Necropolis is around the Nile Delta

Not all of the pyramids were designed to be burial grounds

Somewhere used

Hasfit

Graves or cultural palaces

The Giza pyramid is one of the first pyramids in Egypt

4700 years ago

It was built by the Legendary architect

Imhotep

The pyramid has 6 steps and is 184

Hi

The form of the pyramid is based on the first masturbar

It consisted of only 1

Stone step in time more and more masterbus

Were built on top of each other

And this is how the first step pyramids evolved

Although from the outside these pyramids differ

From the great Pyramids of Giza

Inside all pyramids have these step form

They only get their comparatively smooth surface from the amount of steps and the

Type of cladding

Not all finished pyramids are free

Free from defects

The Maiden pyramid is barely recognisable as a pyramid

It looks more like a multilevel tower

The visible remains are just the core

I'll be old pyramid

Large parts of this pile of rubble used to be part of the spirit

The bent pyramid is the oldest and also the strangest

Pyramid found in Egypt

It's most obvious feature is the huge band

Have wing up

This may be due to problems with stability

During the building phase

The red pyramid is also understanding structure

Like the bent pyramid

It was built by King snefru

As it's name indicates

It is characterized

Is by its red colouring

The builders learnt from their experience with the bent pyramid

Add variable to build the red pyramid without defect

Making it

600

Cheap high

The most famous and arguably some of the most incredible formations of the gym

Asian style

Are the pyramids of Giza

They are the only ancient wonders of the world

Not affect

Buy natural

Catastrophe

Only a few miles outside Cairo

They are still the most

Favourite destinations for tourists

All over the world

As much today

As 100 years ago

Dear visitors stand with amazement

In front of the pyramids of Millennium house

Catherine

And Kia

The internal structure

Rogue one pyramid could be totally different

To another

At the cheops pyramid

The burial chamber is in the centre of the building

Many people claim that the past inside is part of a dark

Branched labrum

Which can only be navigated

By the workers who built

The pyramid

The curse of the Pharaoh is also a legend

This can be said to be confirmed by the empty tomb

Inside

The chamber

Even today there are many

Questions surrounding the erection of these stone Colossus

Despite the fact that Egyptians knew of the real in there time all of the heavy Stones often

Over a tongue

Were transported without

Carts or similar transport

The cheops pyramid standing at its 354th

Is the highest building around

Even though this colossal pyramids seems like a Wandering itself

The real wonder

Was supposed to have happened during the reign of

Quay arts

A man named daddy

Was brought before the king

And was able to read

Attach the head

Of a dead goose onto its body

Making it live

Again

As a reward

The magician was promised of life

Lingerie

Stories like this allow archaeologists

To examine the culture

Beliefs and internet

Back to ancient Egypt

The camels

Wait patiently in the heart

Desert sand

Although there are plenty of

Comfortable vehicles which now transport tourists effortlessly

The pyramid sites

Camels are still the most popular

Form of transport

There can be no question

Approaching the pyramids

On the back

Other swinging ship

Abadessa

Close to the monumental structures

Rises another part

Egypt Legacy

The Sphinx

4 over 4000 years

As long as Egypt has existed

The mighty sphinx has stared into the desert

There are many secrets

And legends

Whispered even today

It is unclear whether it was built

As a guardian for a tomb

Or is a portrait of a king

The most intriguing mystery is perhaps

Kids broken nose

The most common assumption was

But the Canons of Napoleon

Is Africa Crusade

Destroyed it

But this was proven wrong

It is more likely that a fanatical iconoclast

Broke off the nose to make a stand against

Religion

Or culture

So since then the Sphinx

Watches the burial grounds of the pharaoh

Without it snow

3000 miles further South

Geezer

Are the Temples of Abu Simbel

Carved out of stone

Originally the temple complex of Abu Simbel

Was located where the natural barrier Lake

Is today

About 50 years ago the Aswan barrier Lake was built and threatened to destroy

Abu Simbel

Worldwide campaign

The hole

Complex was removed

Including the original Rock

And rebuilt

Around 600 ft

Further down the side

Garden stone the Imperials wife

Of the pharaoh

Ramsey

Nefertari

Overlooks the Nile

This temple was built in her honour

At the entrance or two

Figures of Ramses II

Who's the married couples statues are the same height

This is a symbol of love

From Ramsey

Usually the wife of a king has a lower status than the king himself

The temple is not just dedicated to never

Atari

But also to the goddess heart tour

This is emphasized

Either had two columns inside the temple

Which have the faces

Of the goddess

The centre of Abu Simbel is not the Temple of nefertari

But the great temple of Ramses II

His burial place is about 500 feet away from his wife

Maps

Every great temple of ancient Egypt

Has a huge main entry

It is cold

A pilot

At Abu Simbel the Rock itself

Is the entrance gay

On the edge of the guitar for seated statue

Each statue represents Ramses himself

The self-portrait show Ramses desire to be the same

As the gods

This can also be read on the inscriptions on the statues on which

She is described as

The son of all emperor

Lover of a moon and a tomb

And emperor of both countries upper and lower

Egypt

Many holes with countless inscriptions and statues of God

Are Carved Into The Rock

In one of the holes

Is a relief that shows scenes of the life of the pharaoh

In the last room of the temple

The Sanctuary

Are statues of the guards

Star

Amon re

Rhetorically

And in the middle

Rameses himself

Brandy

The amazing temple complex of Abu Simbel

We are now on our way to a Valley

But some Might Say

Is even more

Legendary

The twin statues of the memnon Colossus

Guard the street leading to the tomb of the Emperors which bears its name

The Valley of the Kings

Back in time it is said the statues gave out mysterious sounds

Stabbed on

The Valley of the King's is close to the temple complexes of Karnak

And Luxor on the other side of the River Nile

As at saqqara

This gallery contains a multitude of Tombs of Pharaohs and Kings

Lined up next week

Surrounded by mountains and Hills

The burial grounds are spread right

Across the vast Valley

Next 2 Days in the south

Lies the Valley of the Queens

These are similar tools housing the wives of the kings and many senior dignitaries

And officials

Of Egyptian courts

Hear the numerous tunes

Look unimpressive

And seem to merge with the desert sand dunes

These teams playing appearance may have been a rules to deter fee

Because we now know inside

These graves were decorations of the

Highest order

Not far from the Valley of the Queen's

Is the Enormous temple dedicated to Hatshepsut

She was one of the few

Queens of Egypt to rain by herself

During her Dynasty many innovative ideas were expanded

Architecture and design

And her hero is characterized

Buying exceptionally long

Period of peace

The temple is architectural very different

Two other temples

From the same.

Among its outstanding features

Are the coolant holes

The replace the traditional mighty entrance Gate

Also been open out onto best

Terraces

Giving an affable friendly

Open impression

In contrast to the old

Dark and tightly constructed Temples of the pharaoh

The balcony that leads over two floors

Contains inscriptions about the life

I've had chips

In the right wing are drawings

Depicting the royal birth of the Queen

This is therefore called the birth Hall

In another hall or drawings about an expedition to a wealthy country

Which has great treasures

Such as gold

Ebony and moore

Like many other burial places

The grave of Hatshepsut

Wasn't only dedicated to the Queen

But also to some gods

Which is why there are chapels

And temples with murals in Honour of the gods Anubis

And had tour

Now we are leaving the death temple of the Queen

And making our way back

To the Valley of the Kings

Despite all precautions

The graves of this infamous Valley have been victims of countless grave robber

And even after detailed explorations and additional dag

Polluting decreased only a little

In 1922 the biggest find in the history of the Valley

It was made

The Grave

Of Tutankhamun

Because the entrance of the Grave was buried for a long time down a long passage

All the treasures of the pharaoh

Remained untouched

As well as the Legendary golden

Death mask

The graves of the Pharaohs have always fascinated local people

But there are no traces is all records of the ancient worker

Or of ordinary citizens of Egypt

With one exception

The day year almudena

Which is a workers Village

In the Valley of the

The Kings

Hear that used to live artists

And worker

Who built and painted

The graves of artists

How many sharks have been found between the ruined

Often depicting writing

Cold ostraka

These testaments wear a sensational source of information about the lives of the Ordinary People In

In Ancient

In the village we have found not only remains of houses

But also littlechapel

And graveyard

Sometimes

The quality of the mural paintings

BS graves

Can match even the more famous paintings

In the graves of the

The barrels from cell

Not far from the Valley of the Kings

There is the ramesseum

The temple was not always heavily damaged

Like today

Originally it looked more like a fortress

Przystanek outside

In honor of Ramses II

II

Now only a few highwalls remain

As evidence of the military carry

This funerary temple

Similar to the Temples of Abu Simbel

There are many Statues of Ramses II

Carved Into The Rock

Also part of the Grave

There was apparently a holylake

And further outbuilding

But here time has done more damage

Stanton Abbotts

Sites

This can be clearly seen on degraded pillars

Or on the remains of

Pharaoh statue

Egypt

Thousands of years of ancient history

Scores of events St colossal evidence of

Human accomplishment

Here are the last wonders of the world

The remaining ruins of a bygone era

Of the kings of the Desert

The Lights of the big cities are shining over the same ground

Once

Miles of processing worshipper

Prostrated themselves

Before the fair

Now over the land of the Pharaohs

Volvo the scorching desert

Masks and sprawling Metropolis is

That comprise modern age

The sun finally sets

Behind the impressive

Pyramids

Leaving us once again

Roughly

Always

In r