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Egypt Photos
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CAIRO PHOTOS
The twin streams of Egypt's history converge just below the Delta at CAIRO, where the greatest city in the Islamic world sprawls across the Nile towards the Pyramids...
 Cairo Photos
Cairo Travel guide
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ALEXANDRIA PHOTOS
ALEXANDRIA turns its back on the rest of Egypt and faces the Mediterranean, as if contemplating its glorious past; a hybrid city characterized by Durrell as the "Capital of Memory".
Alexandria Photos
Alexandria Travel guide
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LUXOR PHOTOS
LUXOR has been a tourist mecca ever since Nile steamers began calling in the nineteenth century to view the remains of Thebes...
Luxor Photos
Luxor Travel guide
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ASWAN PHOTOS
Aswan Egypt's southernmost city (population 150,000) and ancient frontier town has the loveliest setting on the Nile. At ASWAN the deserts close in on the river...
Aswan Photos
Aswan Travel guide
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ASSYUT PHOTOS
ASSYUT was the first part of Middle Egypt to become a virtual no-go zone for tourists, as locally based Islamic radicals targeted foreigners....
Assyut Photos
Assyut Travel guide
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BAWITI PHOTOS
BAWITI harbours a picturesque nucleus of old houses on a ridge overlooking luxuriant palm groves, but that's not what you see on arrival.
Bawiti Photos
Bawiti Travel guide
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FAYOUM PHOTOS
A kind of pocket-sized version of Cairo, with the Bahr Yussef canal in the role of the Nile, FAYOUM CITY * makes a grab at the wallets of middle-class Egyptians...
Fayoum Photos
Fayoum Travel guide
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HURGHADA PHOTOS
HURGHADA (GHARDAKA) READ IT HERE In the course of two decades, HURGHADA has been transformed from a humble fishing village of a few hundred souls into a booming town of 50,000 people...
Hurghada Photos
Hurghada Travel guide
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ISMAILIYA PHOTOS
ISMAILIYA 's schizoid character is defined by the rail line that cuts across the city. South of the tracks lies the European-style garden city built for foreign employees...
Ismailiya Photos
Ismailiya Travel guide
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MINYA PHOTOS
Though MINYA is further from most of the sites, it used to be infinitely preferable to Mallawi as a base for excursions. The provincial capital, it derives considerable charm from...
Minya Photos
Minya Travel guide
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SIWA PHOTOS
Most visitors rate SIWA TOWN and the pools, rocks and ruins around as the oasis's main attractions, and not many bother to visit the outlying villages.
Siwa Photos
Siwa Travel guide
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