The guidebooks and river cruise itinerary for the Nile River cruise were studied and neatly packed for my trip, but nothing really preparedme for what surely is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to savor
The guidebooks and river cruise itinerary for the Nile River cruise were studied and neatly packed for my trip, but nothing really prepared
me for what surely is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to savor firsthand and physically close some of the most striking and memorable scenery and
history anywhere in the world.
As I write this, I’m traveling down the Nile in a flat bottomed, two masted houseboat, a dhahabiya (الدهبية) in Arabic, meaning “golden one,” which vaguely recalls the state barges of Egypt’s medieval Muslim rulers. A group of twelve or so of us move at an aquatic snail’s pace down-river from Aswan toward Cairo, marking five thousand years of history in villages, towns, and cities, with an astounding array of dazzling temples and tombs, and even modern developments, in chaotic, vital, conservative, and changing Egypt.
But first things first. The Nile River begins as smaller rivers flowing into Lake Victoria and flows northwards to empty into the Mediterranean. It flows over 4,100 miles through ten other countries and is crucial to life in Egypt. More than two thousand years ago, the ancientGreek historian and geographer Herodotus famously proclaimed that Egypt is “the gift of the river.” Egypt is the
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