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Visit My Other Blog – Getting Over Growing Older- HOW DID WE GET FROM THERE (1950s)TO HERE (2020s)It is hard to understand how women could forego their pretty dresses for holes and more holes?????? When the trend first started there was only one hole on the knee or back, but now there … More
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Category Archives: Alexandria
Egypt Sees 55% Rise in Tourists in Third Quarter
Egypt News 2017-11-27 Al Ahram The number of tourists coming to Egypt increased in the third quarter of 2017 by 55 percent compared to the same period last year, in keeping with an upward trend, according to state statistics body … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria, Egypt, Tourism, Travel
Tagged Holiday, Pyramids, The Sphinx, Tourism
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Egypt’s Disneyland Castle
When visiting Alexandria a look at the Al-Haramlik Palace should not be missed. It is at the end of the Cornish, next to the Helnan Palestine Hotel which overlooks the Palace and the Montazan Gardens. It was built in … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria, Egypt, Tourism, Travel
Tagged Castles, Disneyland, King Farouk, Mistery
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Christmas in Egypt
Christmas in Egypt by Nermin Sami and Jimmy Dunn Because of the time the Holy Family spent in Egypt with the infant Jesus, Christmas is a very special celebration in Egypt. In Egypt, Copts, who are Egypt’s traditional Christians, … Continue reading
EGYPT’S LOST WORLDS – PART TWO
When a month ago I was telling you how excited I was to go and visit the exhibition at the British Museum of Egypt’s sunken cities, I can now say that I was not disappointed, but blown away by what I saw. Over the last 20 … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria, Ancient Stones
Tagged BRITISH MUSEUM, Divers, Lost Cities, Mediterranean, water
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SUNKEN CITIES – EGYPT’S LOST WORLD
Recently two lost cities of Ancient Egypt, which had vanished under the water of the Mediterranean were discovered and the British Museum in London is telling the story. I am on my way to London tomorrow and so looking forward to visit … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria, Ancient Stones, Egypt, Travel
Tagged Alexandria, BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON, Lost Cities
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A DECORATED HOUSE – A STATUS SYMBOL
Any Muslim whose circumstances permit it, is asked to make the HAJJ at lest once in his lifetime. Successfully completing the HAJJ, a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. In 2015 fourteen … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria, Cairo, Egypt, Islam, Religion, Travel
Tagged Mecca, Paintings, religion, Saudi Arabia, Travelling
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – EGYPTIAN FASHION
NOT EVERYBODY LIKES BLACK…………….. More from Egypt soon Brigitte
Posted in Alexandria, Travel
Tagged caftan, gallebaya, melaya luf, sebleh, Women. Fashion
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EGYPT’S OBELISKS – WHERE ARE THEY TODAY?
An OBELISK is a tall four-sided pillar ending in a pyramid-like shape on top. They came in pairs and were placed in front of temples, one on each side of the entrance. When QUEEN HATSHEPSUT, Egypt’s first female pharaoh who reigned Egypt … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria, Ancient Stones, Luxor, Metropolitan Museum NY, Pharaohs, Temple of Karnak
Tagged LONDON, Obelisks, Paris, Place de la Concorde, Queen Hatshepsut, Rome
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ROSETTA STONE? WHAT IS IT?
Maybe you have heard about the ROSETTA SPACE PROBE in the news recently? About the spacecraft that was launched in 2004 by the European Space Agency and which reached the comet near the sun just last month.Or maybe you have … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria, Ancient Stones, Egypt
Tagged British Fleet, British Museum. Scripts, Champollion, French, Greek, Hieroglyphics, Napoleon, Rosetta Stone, Town of Rashid
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LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA
The Ancient Library of Alexandria is famous and known to most for having burned. Maybe our interest stops there because we know it does no longer exist, and for a long time that was true. But on October 17, 2002 … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria, Art, Books, Egypt, Government, Politics
Tagged Akexandria, Anwar El-Sadat, Assassination, Blind, Books, Exhibitions, Library, Research. Scolars, Vidios
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