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Author Archives: Brigitte Nioche
Ramesses II Visiting Paris
You don’t have to be alive when you visit Paris – but you have to be a pharaoh, and not just any pharaoh – but Ramesses the Great Regarded as the most powerful pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, he ruled for more than sixty years (1279 … Continue reading
Posted in Cairo, Egypt, Pharaohs, Tourism, Travel
Tagged Abu Simbel, Cairo Museum, fungus, King, Paris, Passport, Ramses II, Red Carpet
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – A HAPPY COUPLE
This happy looking couple sits in the Temple of Karnak, between the first two columns on the left. Egyptologists believe that it is Tutankhamun and his wife Ankhsenpaaten, but they are not sure! While the world speculates who they really are, they live happily … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Luxor, Tourism, Travel, Tutankhamun
Tagged couples, ever after, happiness, love
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EGYPT – WHEN IS A GOOD TIME TO VISIT?
As I found out during my second trip to Egypt in March of this year, courage can have big rewards. Most of my friends and family tried to discourage me from going because they felt it was too dangerous, but I was not … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Luxor, Tourism, Travel, Tutankhamun
Tagged courage, Crowds, Temple of Karnak
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – SHOPPING FOR MEAT
Passing through a small village on our way to the Step Pyramid at Saqqara- (the first Pyramid ever build, circa 2630 BC, by Djoser) we stopped at this butcher shop. I was wondering shy the dead animal was strung up outside … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Food, Tourism, Travel, Valley of the Kings
Tagged Meat, Organic, shopping
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CAIRO – PHOTO OF THE WEEK –
SHOPPING FOR SPICES This is the famous Khan El-Khalili Bazaar – it is not just a place for the tourists to shop- as you can see the locals come here too! More from Egypt soon Brigitte
HEAVEN – WHERE IS IT?
Bryan Adams in his song ‘Thought I’d died and gone to Heaven’ is referring to a woman. But heaven can also be a place – and I found that place when I arrived at the Winter Palace in Luxor. This Hotel was built-in 1886 … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Luxor, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Pharaohs, Tourism, Travel
Tagged Heaven, Hotels, Italian Food, Nile river, View, Wine
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GIZA PLATEAU – TOMBS OF THE PYRAMID BUILDERS
The burial places of the Pharaoh’s – the pyramids and the tombs in the Valley of the Kings – have dazzled the world since their discovery. But where are ordinary people buried and how? People like the workers who helped build the pyramids? … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Islam, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Pharaohs, Tourism, Travel, Valley of the Kings
Tagged craftmen, farmers, garves afterlife, Nile river, Pharaohs, Pyramids, stonecutters, workers
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TOMB PAINTINGS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE
“Come I want to show you something,” Abdul said while we got out of the car. Walking up the hill towards a pile of stones that must have been a house a long time ago, I was wondering what there … Continue reading
THE SPHINX – THE VOICE OF THE PYRAMIDS
“Sound and Light at the Pyramids is very Hollywood. I wouldn’t bother.” I was told when I asked if it was worthwhile to see it. Well, I don’t always listen and booked myself for Wednesday evening.. It was already dark … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Pharaohs, Tourism, Travel, Tutankhamun
Tagged Champollion, Cleopatra, Giza, Hieroglyphs, Tutamkhamen
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MECCA – A J0URNEY OF A LIFETIME
On the way from the Valley of the Kings to the Valley of the Queens stands this brightly decorated house, close to the street on the foot of the mountains. “What is this? Is it a Restaurant?” My ignorance was as big as the … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Luxor, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Tourism, Travel
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Egypt My Love 