After Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798 and assigned scholars to study the Pyramids, these antiquities grabbed hold of Europe’s imagination. Well, the invasions continue ...

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How can the fish not be fresh at the Fish Market? At this popular Alexandria waterfront spot, the swimmers, from bass to shrimp, sit on ...

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So small you just might have to share a table, the Jewel of the Nile, tucked away in Luxor, is the place to go for ...

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When in Egypt, do as the pharaohs did. Hop aboard a boat to observe and breathe in the landscape and temples. To see the sun ...

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The northern reaches of the Red Sea's coral reefs reel in the scuba set, but this large freighter, which was struck by two bombs ...

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Predating the Giza monoliths (some 40 miles to the south), Maidum, circa 2600 B.C., may have been the first smooth-sided (without steps) pyramid—it ...

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The men who sell the spices, perfume, copper objects, and more at the vibrant Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo favor the kushari (pasta, rice, lentils ...

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Pharaoh Akhenaten moved his base of operations here and started up the worship of the sun god. You'll feel the ancientness here; Tucked between ...

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In Egypt's sandy western reaches, practically inaccessible until the 1980s, the Siwa Oasis lures visitors with the same temptations that centuries ago brought Alexander ...

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Less than two miles north of Luxor, this vast temple complex—the world's largest al fresco religious site—is big enough to accommodate the ...

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