Destination: Egypt
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With one third of all of the world’s antiquities and the only remaining one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (the pyramids at Giza), Egypt has drawn tourists for thousands of years. From the Greeks and Romans to Napoleon and Mark Twain, travelers have come to see the glorious temples built by the pharaohs. Today, the mix of ancient monuments and Biblical landscapes continues to bewitch, making the country a must-in-a-lifetime visit.
“There were shouts, screams, and pandemonium coexisting, almost as though by design, with the ageless grace of feluccas gliding effortlessly down the Nile, their lateen sails reaching for heaven, as they have done since Cleopatra’s time. There were monumental astonishments and monumental confusions, contention, anarchy, and change as forty million Egyptians grappled with modern times, and with one another, in their ancient land.” Mary Anne Weaver wrote these lines in her landmark book A Portrait of Egypt: A Journey through the World of Militant Islam in 1999, but its message and that of the book remains true today.
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