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Known to the Ancient Egyptians as Abu or Yabu – meaning elephant – Elephantine Island is truly ancient site resting as it does at the First Cataract of the Nile and creating a natural boundary between Egypt and Nubia. It is said that Khnum – the ram-headed god of the cataracts, dwelled in caves beneath the island and controlled the waters of the Nile. These days the southern tip of the island holds the ruins of the Temple of Khnum. Up until 1822 there were also temples to Thutmose III and Amenhotep III on the island, but the Ottoman government destroyed them. Photo by: .Angeli
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Alexandria is a tremendous city situated on the north coast of Egypt. This is where Euclid sired geometry, Aristarchus deduced that Earth revolved around the sun and of course, the young Alexander the Great founded the city as his capital in 331 B.C.
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Sitting on the west bank of the River Nile in unique adjoining towers, the hotel proudly stands tall as one of Cairo’s greatest landmarks. Property type Hotel year built 1970 year remodeled 2001 luxurious deluxe hotel facing the glorious River Nile between city center and pyramids. It’s the first Sheraton Hotel in Egypt. The hotel places you in the middle of it all. Try your luck at Blackjack or the slots in our dazzling casino or take a short walk to the Cairo Opera House, Egyptian Museum, or Cairo shopping centers. The modern and comfortable guestrooms are well appointed. A number of restaurants and bars within the hotel provide a wide range of dining options, like El Mawardy restaurant serving local cuisine.
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Deir el-Bahri is located on the west bank of the Nile River. There it sits greeting spectators as they enter the Valley of the Kings. The site is comprised of three temples, the Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep, the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut II and the Mortuary Temple of Thutmoses III. The Temple of Deir El-Bahri is one of the most characteristic temples in the whole of Egypt, due to its design and decorations. It was built of limestone, not sandstone like most of the other funerary temples of the New Kingdom period.

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The second larger city in Egypt is Alexandria, extends about 32 km along the coast of the Mediterranean sea in Egypt, it is home to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina – the New Library of Alexandria. It is both a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity and an attempt to rekindle something of the brilliance that this earlier center of study and erudition represented. Construction work began in 1995 and, after some 220 million $ had been spent, the complex was officially inaugurated on October 16, 2002.

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Most temples of antiquity are eventually physically altered, defiled or destroyed. This was not the fate of Abu Simbel because encroaching sands soon buried its lower half. It lay forgotten for millennia. Abu Simbel wasn’t rediscovered and exposed until about 200 years ago.
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Snorkeling on the house reaf outside Empire Hotell, Hurghada, Egypt