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Ferrell
and Elizabeth at the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Photo by Jim Smith.
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Madison
County Bridges. These people in our group all have a connection to
Madison County Alabama (Huntsville, Madison, and Harvest). This photo
was made atop the New High Dam at Aswan, Egypt. The Nile River is visible
in the background. Photo by David Padfield.
Olen,
Jane, Shirley, Donna Jo, Carol, Harriett, Steve, Wilson, Carolyn, Ferrell,
Jackie, Harrison.
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It
appears that Phil has been made an offer he can't refuse at the alabaster
shop in the Valley of the Kings. |
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and Carol shared a birthday celebration during the Nile cruise on
the Nile Pioneer II. |
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Lindy and Alice select
some postcards of Egyptian monuments to take home.
The other tour members
enjoyed hearing Lindy's baseball stories and getting one of his autographed
photos.
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Members
of our group wait to pick up their selection of Egyptian papyrus.
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Pat and
Toni enjoy dinner during the Nile Cruise. |
Steve and Harriett
at dinner during the Nile Cruise.
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Karla
and Andrew, friends from Virginia, having fun during the Nile cruise.
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Rufus
and Phil taking it easy on the deck of the Nile Pioneer II.
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Elizabeth
photographs David making a publicity photo of Ferrell at the Pyramids.
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Carol and
Harrison enjoy a day of leisure on the sun deck of the Nile Pioneer II. |
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Shirley
and Lucy wait for an Egyptian lunch at Saqqara.
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Martin
wearing a butterfly at Edfu. |
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Katie
and Chasity show the latest fashion for taking a felucca ride on the Nile
at Aswan.
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"In the unlikely
event that the felucca sinks" Joan and Joyce are prepared.
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Shirley,
Alice, and Karla chit-chat at the Aswan High Dam while David, Mark,and
Amy do the same looking down on the river below. Jane and Olen in background.
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Jane and Olen under
the protection of the Tourist Police at the Step Pyramid of Zoser at
Saqqara. The pyramid was built about 2600 B.C. and is the oldest freestanding
stone structure in the world.
The pyramids were
built centuries before the biblical patriarchs and the Israelites were
in Egypt.
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Jackie
and Donna Jo enjoy the beauties of nature at the Temple of Philae at
Aswan.
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"How
much for this one?" Don and Nancy look at the Egyptian cartouches
in the shadow of the pyramids at Giza. |
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Meanwhile,
across the store. Bob and Pat ponder over which one would be best.
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Chasity,
Katie, and Susan pose on the Aswan High Dam overlooking the Nile River at
Aswan. |
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John
and Becky enjoy the glow of the evening sun at the ancient site of Kom
Ombo in Egypt.
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Wilson
and Carolyn at the Geat Pyramids of Giza. |
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"The
Pyramids are that way." Gene poses for David to make a photo at the
Great Pyramids of Giza. These pyramids, Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus,
were built as tombs for the Pharaohs during the Old Kingdom Period, about
2500 B.C. The pyramids are built on the west side of the Nile Valley.
This view shows the valley in the distance.
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David
points toward Cairo! It was not his fault. I was standing in the wrong
place.
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Dave and
Marge are all dressed up in Egyptian garb on the Nile Pioneer II. |
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Donna
Jo, Joan, Bob, Pat, Olen, and Jane on the way to visit Philae temple.
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Jim and
Pat pay close attention as Osman explains about the new discoveries at Tell
Basta in the land of Goshen. |
Mark and Amy listen
to Osman explain about the Mohammad Ali Alabaster Mosque in Cairo.
Third
Pair Free!
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Our escort in Giza.
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Forty
camels each is not a bad price!
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Clerk
at a papyrus shop displays a beautiful painting of the famous Beni Hasan
tomb painting showing Asiatics coming into Egypt to trade. |
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John
gets it all on video.
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Allen
and Sarah. If we go down it will be together. |
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are they looking different directions in the Valley of the Kings?
Lucy, Jackie, Donna Jo, Shirley, Joan, Nancy. |
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 Shirley
poses at the
Colossi of Memnon. |
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More
People to Come |
