Egypt

Shadows of flags celebrating the beginning of Ramadan

On the way to the Coptic Monastery of San Simeon

Overlooking the Tomb of the Nobles and the Nile

Monastery of San Simeon

Tomb of the Nobles

San Simeon

San Simeon

Spice market in Aswan

Looking towards the West Bank and the Tomb of the Nobles

Coptic Monastery of San Simeon

Coptic Monastery of San Simeon

Felucca sail

Nubian village on Elephantine Island

Sunset sail on a felucca

Aaron with modern Aswan in the background

Bartering in the market

Footsteps in the sand

Watermelons for sale!

Streets of Aswan

Sailing on the Nile

Nubian village on Elephantine Island

Monastery of San Simeon

Bread waiting to be baked

Nubian coffee shop

Typical Nubian architecture

Ancient toes

Cute common form of transportation

Sarcophagi in the Nubian Museum

Lovely West Bank of the Nile near Gharb Soheil Nubian village

Nubian Museum

Minaret of Bab Zuweila Gate in Old Cairo

Al-Azhar Mosque

Roman wall of Babylon in Coptic Cairo

Delivering the daily bread

Lovely exterior doors of the Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo

The Coptic Museum with the Hanging Church in the background

Hidden mosque in Old Cairo

Bab Zuweila Gate in Old Cairo

Overlooking Cairo from the Bab Zuweila minarets

Cairo

Hat seller in front of The Great Pyramid at Giza

The Great Pyramid at Giza

Tammy and Aaron in the requisite pose in Giza

Giza from above

Excavated village in Giza

Al-Azhar Mosque

Students studying in the Ibn Tulun Mosque

Qalawun Mosque details

Literacy everywhere we go!

Typical Cairo street chaos

Traditional applique' quilting done by a master

Common shutters that caught my eye

Tomb wall in Memphis

Sphinx of Memphis

Funerary complex of Djoser

Escaping from the heat at the Funerary complex of Djoser

Step Pyramid of Djoser

Step Pyramid of Djoser guarded by cobras

Common form of transportation in Giza

Colossus of Ramses II in Memphis Museum

Entrance to Karnak

Letting in the light in Karnak

Gigantic pylon at Karnak

Thotmes III and Queen Hatshepsut obelisks

Gazing up at the phenomenal lintel carvings at Karnak Temple

Dwarfed by Karnak Temple pylons

Phalanxed by Sphinxes at Karnak Temple

Forecourt Colossus of Ramesses II at Temple of Amun in Karnak

Under the searing sun

Painted hieroglyphs in Chapel of Hathor at Queen Hatshepsut's Temple

Temple of Hatshepsut

Medinet Habu Temple, West Bank

Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut

Luxor Temple

Luxor Temple

Luxor Temple columns

Luxor Temple entrance

Luxor Temple

Nighttime colonnade

Painted rooms

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Worker's village

Painted hieroglyphs

Ramesseum Temple lintel

Worker's village

Luxor Temple

Ramesseum Temple

Colossus of Memnon

Dawn

Reflections on the Nile