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Egypt River Cruises
Journey along the lifeline of Egyptian civilization, sightseeing ancient temples, tombs, local villages, and farms on a Nile river cruise. Located in Africa's northeast, the Nile is the longest river in the world! Measuring 4,160 miles (6,955 km), the river flows north from Lake Victoria through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt, passing rainforests, mountains, savannas, swamps, and desert landscapes before culminating in the fertile Nile Delta and draining into the Mediterranean Sea. Sail past 5,000 years of history on an incredible Nile river cruise vacation through Egypt.
Ancient Egyptian Dynasties
Approximately 3200 to 3000 years B.C. was the Protodynastic (or “Late Predynastic”) Period, also called “Dynasty 0.” Historians believe this to be the time when upper and lower Egypt were unified into a single country; it is also the time when the Egyptian language began to be written down in the form of hieroglyphics. The first dynasty ran from.......
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Egypt’s Modern History
In the days since its ancient glory, Egypt has been part of ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Byzantium, Persia, Arabia and the Ottoman Empire. In the mid-14th century, the Black Death came to Egypt, killing approximately 40% of the population. Christianity was established in Egypt by the 4th century and the Egyptian .............
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Exploring Egypt by River
A cruise along the Nile River will show travelers most of Egypt, because most of Egypt’s cities, towns, temples and monuments are located very close to the life-giving Nile. The vast majority of Egypt’s estimated 76 million people live near the Nile’s banks and delta, where the only arable land is found and where trade ...........
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