Traveling to Egypt a journey of a lifetime

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Traveling to Egypt - A Journey of a Lifetime

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Pyramids of KhafreThe Pyramid of Khafre, also known as thePyramid of Chephren,[is the second-tallestand second-largest of the Ancient EgyptianPyramids of Giza and the tomb of theFourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre (Chefren),who ruled from c. 2558 to 2532 BC.

Ramses in Abu Simbel EgyptThe Abu Simbel temples are two massiverock temples in Abu Simbel ( سمبلأبو inArabic), a small village in Nubia, southernEgypt, near the border with Sudan. Theyare situated on the western bank of LakeNasser, about 230 km southwest ofAswan (about 300 km by road).

Cairo Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

Cairo Museum of Egyptian AntiquitiesThe Museum of EgyptianAntiquities, known commonly asthe Egyptian Museum orMuseum of Cairo, in Cairo,Egypt, is home to an extensivecollection of ancient Egyptianantiquities. It has 120,000 items,with a representative amount ondisplay, the remainder instorerooms.

DenderaDendera (Arabic: دندرة Dandarah; also spelledDenderah, ancient Iunet,[1] Tentyris[2][3] orTentyra[4]) is a small town in Egypt situatedon the west bank of the Nile, about 5kilometres (3 mi) south of Qena, on theopposite side of the river. It is locatedapproximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) north ofLuxor.

Karnak & Luxor TemplesThe Karnak Temple Complex,commonly known as Karnak comprisesa vast mix of decayed temples, chapels,pylons, and other buildings. Building atthe complex began during the reign ofSenusret I in the Middle Kingdom andcontinued into the Ptolemaic period,although most of the extant buildingsdate from the New Kingdom.

Valley of the Kings

The Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Gates ofthe Kings is a valley in Egypt where, for a periodof nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th centuryBC, tombs were constructed for the Pharaohs andpowerful nobles of the New Kingdom (theEighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of AncientEgypt).The valley stands on the west bank of theNile, opposite Thebes (modern Luxor), within theheart of the Theban Necropolis.[

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