The mysteries of Egypt "

The mysteries of Egypt "

Prelude

Egypt is one of the four great ancient civilizations in the world, history, monuments, has long been known as a "World Monuments Museums".

Egypt across Asia and Europe, more than 90% coverage for desert, the majority of land is located in Northeast Africa. North Eastern Mediterranean, South Sudan, East of the Red Sea and the border with Pakistan, Israel, Libya to the West, 2700 km coastline, the area of more than 1 million square kilometres, the national population of 6700 million, 87% of Arabs. Official language is Arabic, General English and French. Islam is the State religion. 3200 BC year unified national slavery; a.d. 640 years of Arab invasion, the implementation of the "Arabization", followed by Turkey and the United Kingdom respectively occupy; 1922 28 February Declaration of independence; 1953 set up on June 18, Republic of Egypt; 1971 1 September, to name a "Egypt". Capital city of Cairo is Africa's largest city, is also an important international airports. Egypt currency for Egypt pounds, slack than Beijing night 6 hours (daylight saving time is 5 hours).

April 28, 2006, Friday, Beijing, aircraft

In accordance with the prior notification requirement, I am Beijing time 28 April 17: 00 hurried to the Beijing Capital International Airport, terminal building, second floor, 6 door collection, organized by the travel agency "continental"-Egypt tour 9 days activities.

I was the last to arrive at the airport, the team leader is a beautiful little girl, skin white, eyes wide open, dress up like a schoolgirl, saw me coming back, with a casual look gave me a glance, smoothly pass over an entry card, entry card and declaration form, the caveats that start with party for departure procedures.

My cursory glances at a glance, the whole team of approximately 14 people, men, women and children, a family unit, organization, and only me and Tianjin Xiao Liu belonging to single men and, of course, be arranged together.

I think the team alone, take the initiative to help her luggage to check in.

Get boarding pass, team leader tells us free customs clearance, but must be in the evening 19: 00 until 14, boarding gate, so everyone separately. Not much later, everyone one after arrival gate. Åœ — äº¬æ — ¶é — ' 20 points, we sit up from Beijing through Bangkok, and then fly to Cairo Egypt Airlines flights.

Aircraft is Egypt Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft, almost no passenger, front row is said to come to Bangkok, but reserved for passengers in the back row are we occupy several team tight.

After hours of flight, aircraft in Bangkok with stops for over an hour, Apr. 29 local time 9: 00 am we finally reached Egypt Cairo International Airport.

2006 April 29th Saturday, Cairo

Cairo airport looks worse than domestic big city airport, modern atmosphere, but the General architectural styles.

To add social is Egypt's famous BULE SKY company. A medium build, the very spirit of Egypt kid warmly welcomed us and arrange our clearance. Egypt customs efficiency did not dare to compliment, hundreds of guests whining sad platoon into several long team, started a long wait. Customs officers experienced and looking around, sometimes mutual joking. No way, we can only be formed into a team, be patient. Approximately 50 minutes later, we had several managed through customs. Unfortunately, the team in a Tianjin woman was stopped by customs, there is no reason, just tell her there and wait patiently. I first heard of in-country, Egypt's women are very warm, especially to the young beautiful woman, they will "pay attention". Egypt people on China's essential balm（20G）, essential balm with keen interest. About 15 minutes later, we get the luggage carousel together beside their baggage, but the old Tianjin ladies still in customs station, psychological nervous. The team over to yell, "who with essential balm?", we hold that the unsuspecting mechanism, I volunteered to get out of the two boxes of essential balm, this little storm finally subsided.

Automobile dozen we the Chinese tourists to the old town of ZOSER HOTEL Cairo 4-star hotel.

The team told us into the room, after a short washed away attractions to visit. I and Xiao Liu washed after linefor downstairs restaurant, yet practical, the team leader is called back. The guide is a typical Arabs, whose name was Ali, medium build, grow black thin, eyes fall, a Chinese, he is said to have the language Institute studies for a year.

Cairo is the capital of Egypt and Africa's largest city.

Sphinx is a world metropolis, mixed and with Oriental and Eastern Mediterranean charm. West city, there is a wide range of Europe in the early 20th century style building, East of the ancient Arab architecture. The mystery of the Nile River in the city, the Cairo Tower 187 metres into the sky. Ancient pharaonic culture, ancient Greece, ancient Roman civilization, Christian and Islamic civilizations. Interweaving of modern roads, squares, gardens, luxury hotels, forming a stunning contrast Cheng Hui resplendent ancient and modern urban culture.

Vehicle after an hour of driving, we brought dozens of kilometres southwest of Cairo JISA plateau, palatial splendor of the three great pyramids stand in the desert, as if what the visitors tells.

The biggest pyramid called Khufu (Great Pyramid Khufu), hufu Pharaoh pyramid, 146 m high tower, with a 320 million stone built, each stone about 2.5 ton, full of stones weighing 6848000 tons. This pyramid is built of local stone quarry workers. At that time the site can accommodate the number of up to 4000 people, works great and the level of difficulty. The top of the pyramid, is collected from Aswan granite quarries and Tula white limestone, exceptionally dazzling.

Ranking second largest gold

Word Tower, is scafi Wang pyramid (Khafre). Intuition, card Philippine King Khufu pyramid than larger, this is the illusion of tourists. Kafi, next to the pyramid King is the King with his face as scafi looks of Sphinx. It is said that people face is said to be the Sun God, is the patron saint of the Pharaohs tomb. Sphinx is a big rock carving, high 22 meters, length 50 m, process friction Francis IV in his Prince, helping it to remove the sand, the allusion engraved in stone on the statue of two front between, this is a beautiful story. In the Mamluk slave dynasty, the statue of the face by the soldiers as shooting targets and thus somewhat dilapidated.

Third pyramid is the pyramid of King Manuel Khao (Menkaure), 16 layer using granite buildings, other stone finish.

The pyramids of Egypt, and a total of 80 seats.

At that time, in order to prevent ' ghoul, building the pyramids of workers without a spared, under the principle of confidentiality is hang and killed him. The Pharaoh was himself died, still be able to live a comfortable life, therefore the construction of the pyramid, let looters maze to find and set traps, but finally stolen be stolen, the last Pharaoh who only read to the end of the remote west coast than, lonely valleys as the Imperial Valley. Let the amazing is that the whole pyramid without a root wood, nails, stones and rocks embedded among most direct Kiss, flat, horizontal, vertical six-dimensional being. At that time, have such a high level of skill and really amazing.

At noon we relax in the hotel, located in the Centre of Cairo to visit the liberation of Egypt Museum on the square, to explore the profound and interesting historical treasures of ancient Egypt.

Egypt Museum in the world Museum occupies a very important position, the collection has over 63000 shines on heritage, these suits of ancient civilization, is one of the world Museum of Pearl. From the prehistoric era in clay pots, NAR-King of cosmetic plates, to ancient Kingdom era Kraft King's black diorite statue and alabaster statue, and the Kingdom of the era and in the new Kingdom period of relics, dazzling, admiration. The most famous is the figure of Mongolian King Tan card gold masks, as well as his Mummy, gold, gold coffin and he had once used as a seat of gold and various furniture, etc. Ancient Egypt people think that death is not the end of life, but rather the beginning of new life. Soul and body is attached, with the help of the newborn must complete body. According to ancient Greece to written records, the Mummy produced in three stages: first, the deceased's brain and the viscera removed, be of remembrance. Second, the body clean after the saline. Third, the question to the body after the saline stem, decorative coloured balm is filled in with the spices, visceral, and linen wrapped body, put on clothes, placed in the coffin, face mask, ultimately the final. As a result of these technologies, together with the local climate is dry, the body can be long maintained. Some mummies have thousands of years of history, is still preserved.

After visiting the Museum, the guide takes us to have strong national characteristics of Egypt Papyrus store.

The shopkeeper warmly welcomed us and show the Papyrus art-making process. From a paper out fiber Sedge, flattening to painting of Papyrus, and then in the above with brightly colored pigments, and facsimile. Papyrus art, content mostly ancient Egypt of the Pharaohs, Egypt gaudily, sakaltutan card King, and Egypt's scenic landscape, insects, fish and game, as well as Egypt's Royal paintings, etc., is the rare crafts.

30 April 2006, Sunday, Memphis

Morning, we pack up and leave the hotel, along the Highway southbound to ancient Egypt-Memphis.

Memphis is the capital of ancient Egypt, Cairo also old age than as the ancient capital of up to 800 years of history.

Memphis's glorious history, as time flows, more and more silent, but nearby coconut jujube, greenery of the countryside, it is replaced by the Cairo Memphis, remains beautiful and elegant. Memphis is RAM left by the Sith II of huge statues, as well as 8 ton of Alabaster statues and said to face massive sarcophagus.

In the ancient city of Memphis, the most famous when few step pyramid.

Santacara ladder pyramid is Egypt first and longest history, even in the first worldwide to cut cut stone building of the Tomb. Stepped pyramid is the third dynasty left into King's tomb is located. Pyramid 6 bands, the structure of each order are very strong and complex, the bottom of the stone in spite of the spalling damage, but does not affect the overall structure of a stepped pyramid. Stepped pyramid is world famous for the Sahara desert, the first sight, the yellow sand dunes and detailed such as powder, black desert color such as ink, white desert pure silver. It is said that Egypt gaudily after here Spa moisturizing, maintenance build, as primitive desert adds very romantic. The locals take single camel and donkey and horse around the pyramids, invites ridden business, tourist taking pictures. However, be careful, take photographs but to charge, and the price is not cheap.

Muhammad Ali mosque in 1830-started building, completed in 1857.

Mosques are the air development, large dome 52 metres high, diameter 21 m. Enter the monastery can be seen moving in the direction of the shrine of Mecca, the ground is divided into numerous small square, rectangular for believers when kneeling in prayer. Entire lobby decorated, base.more, Wai is spectacular. It is said that the mosque can accommodate 2 million people.

In the evening, we arrived in Cairo suburb of Khan Khalili Bazaar.

This is a mixed with religious, historical and Bazaar bustle in one of the Arab markets, 600 years of history, is the Middle East's largest market, is now the largest fair in Cairo. About one square kilometer range, less than 4 meters wide alley Criss, filled with nearly 4000 shops and small restaurants and cafes. A variety of merchandise assortment, strange, a papyrus art, antiques, gold and silver jewellery, perfumes, fragrances, camel hair products, cuisine, etc. A characteristic of Arab hookah pots slanting silhouettes. Arab youth with 2-foot round bread basketPeddling, but in the end it's extraordinary. Various color through during this period, various language interchange, noisy sound, mixed with hard pounding sound is. Market is a big square and mosques, together with the Arab men wear white robes and dressed in black robes of Arab women. Imam whose speech is playing, it may be time to worship. It is said that Egypt's most famous writer Ma Mahfouz frequented in the market, from talking with people around to learn writing of nutrients and inspiration.

In the evening we take 20 points from Cairo to Aswan by train.

Egypt train is very interesting, sleeper cars between two people. At first we saw only the seat, and no sleeper. Later, the team told us crew will come and help us open the sleeper. The original sleeper is collapsed on the wall, an open really sleeper, lying on comfortable. We sketched out dinner bed till morning.

May 1, 2006, Monday, Aswan, on cruise ships

The train after 10 more hours of Benz, arrive Aswan.

Aswan is a sunny, southern Egypt, the ancient city of the South of Egypt.

City although not large, but it is the most beautiful and elegant on the Nile, this gentle rhythm is very suitable for leisure.

Aswan Egypt has the highest hardness granite stone mountain.

Ancient Egypt's pyramids, the temple building, sarcophagus are stone from here. In 36 years ago, Egypt's most famous Dutch snow Shu de Queen, cutting pieces here Obelisk, one up to 41 m, base width 4.2 m 4.5 meters high, weighs approximately 1168 tons. It is said that the earthquake causes stones crack and half-way up, this is the famous Obelisk for completion of Egypt. In many ancient Egypt Temple are used whole blocks of granite Obelisk carved into a giant.

Leave the obelisk, we arrive Aswan reservoir boat ride in the middle of the film Les Temple.

FileMon of ancient Egypt: God is love, joy and the God of music. In the beautiful ancient legends, she chose to Aswan most quiet an island as her main temple Habitat. ToFile Temple is an ancient Egypt religion since ancient times to save the oldest place until a.d. 300 years it was going to religious ceremonies. Ingenious geographic location also makes the bafile Temple has become the most unique, Egypt style most picturesque Temple.

Aswan is famous for its dam.

The Aswan Dam is located 6 km to the South, axed the Nile. 1960 started on January 9, 1970 was completed on 23 July, lasted for 10 years, a total investment of $ 1 billion. 3600 m in length, the dam dam-width 40 m, height of 111 m, is one of the world's largest dams. Premier Zhou Enlai was highly commended "Aswan Dam ambitious building projects reflects Egypt people renovation of nature, desert is fertile fields of ambition." The dam to Egypt to provide electricity and irrigation water, and the Aswan Dam downstream of the old form Vista, become a tourism only. Up to 6 km of the dam, you can enjoy the charming Lake Nasser.

In the afternoon, we sat in Aswan on docked to the edges of the SUN RISE River Nile cruise ships, travelling north.

After disembarkation, a glimpse of the northern part of the library was Aswan Ong Temple of slope. Overnight cruise.

May 2nd, 2006, Tuesday, cruise on

Cruise ships to continue northward.

In the morning, we follow the leader's command on the cruise, you eat dim sum go ashore by a four-carriage, to go to Luxor Temple in the southern part of Lloyd's blessing.

Back to the boat, we continue North on the Nile.

Nile is the world's first full-length 6671 kilometers long, the River is 1350 km.

The Nile River to flow through to bring the benefits of irrigation, land is fertile, cattle and sheep flocks, the locals called Egypt as "children of the Nile."

Cruise ships to continue northbound on parked near Luxor.

Ancient Egypt on the basis of the Nile River, the entire Kingdom of Egypt is divided into upper and lower Egypt Egypt Kingdom. Egypt, Luxor is on the Buzzard is the symbol of upper Egypt, the Pharaoh of the Crown have the vultures; Egypt including the Nile River under and Delta, the Cobra is the symbol. Unified Egypt, its Kings Head wearing double Crown. The geographical location of Luxor Nile's narrow, only 20 km wide, long 800 km, and Delta wide incomparable, but the best strategic geographic location. Arabic palace Luxor is meant, it was almost one-third of the world accommodating of monuments. Here, there is a large number of the Nile and the Temple of the stone. Eastern Shore is the life of the city, is the Sun, symbol of life and growth; the West Bank is a city of death, is the place where the sun sets, symbolizes the extinction of life. East Coast including Luxor Temple, Kanak temple; the West Bank, including the Imperial Valley, Queen Valley, Meng agricultural giant, the Sun Temple, etc.

Lanterns, cruise ships dock in the Nile River, cross-strait light flashes, and the Nile Yeying corresponding Cheng Hui.

Numerous white tourists on an Arab national costumes, competing in Cruise's strong style of Arab belly dance. Roommate of Xiao Liu snuggle corner bought a set, and put on the back like an Arab Prince, provoked peer tourists sit up and take note.

May 3, 2006, Wednesday, Luxor

Breakfast, drive to go ashore to visit Bangladesh agricultural gods.

When the car moves through the Valley, we have far to see stand in Imperial Valley rice side entrance of the two Buddha statues of great men farmers. Idol 18 meters high, is unclear. It is said that every morning, Meng nung Idol outgoing breezy sobs as argument. Later Roman Emperor as Buddhas statues face of cracking will be part of the fix, from then on, Meng farmers no longer cry.

Then we got a glimpse of the first Temple of the Queen of Egypt.

Load snow Shu-te is Egypt only female Pharaoh, with many of the titles of identity. She is the daughter of Pharaoh and his wife, and Pharaoh's aunt and grandmother. She is the ability of Super King, process friction Francis III power lost to her, so she immediately after deathRetaliation, put her in the Kanak Temple statues are planing flat face, deep hatred of the visible. Load snow sook de Temple in the Valley, there are three layers of Yang, modeling-specific, the Temple of architectural style has become one of the architectural art of Egypt.

Cars passing through crawling, arrived at the world famous Valley of the Kings.

Imperial Valley hides in caves, mountains and the Valley of desolation and full life-time of people Revere, Palace bustling situation radically. If you want to have a good appreciation and evaluation within the walls of the emperors tomb paintings on each picture's background story, half-day time is too short. But sustained high temperature heat we breath. It is said that King Valley's grave has unearthed 62, we only ran three, hastily ended.

In the afternoon, go to Egypt's most famous Temple of Luxor.

The temple was built in the 14th century b.c., Temple width 56 m, 262 m long, huge m brown stone pillar in the temple before the big Tower door, cylindrical Hall, Imperial Valley statue and Obelisk. Every major holiday, here Egypt will held a Grand religious activities, rituals of ancient Egypt who worship of the god Amun Ra. The temple consists of a spacious garden and a big Hall and the side halls. Courtyard surrounded by columns column. The birth of the eastern side of the Central Hall, room bosses on Simian walls depict a Mu-Mu Bahia Queen and DeArmond Sun symbolic wedding, as well as with the help of their goddess, was born a Prince. Courtyard surrounded by built like paper flowers or Lotus-shaped stone pillars, unique in form, magnificent. The obelisk in front of the temple, in the East to the West in a still, 1831, sent to France of the Concorde.

Then we visited the Kanak Temple.

The temple is Egypt existing the largest and most magnificent temple, a garden and a total of 50 million square meters of the artificial lake, is specifically dedicated to the god Amun Ra Temple. The temple has more than 10 Tower, Tower door between the courtyard and lounge room. The first door on each side of the Tower, erected around two rows of large stone said to have goats, is the head temple of martial. Hall full of Kings statue. Various tablet such as the forest, painting, sculpture works everywhere. These works before the ancient war scenes, different forms of the characters and their lives, as well as the wonderful flora and fauna designs, is a modern understanding of the history of ancient Egypt, society, culture, and so on of the most precious relics. The famous film "tragedy" on the Nile in this shot.

May 4th, 2006, Thursday, the Red Sea

8: 00 in the morning, our car to Luxor city, and there's coaches together to form a vast fleet, in local police escort to the Red Sea.

Fleet in the Nile River on the East coast of the Arabian Desert and traveling.

The Arab desert is the world's most mysterious desert, unpredictable desert land landscape, unbroken sand dune profile, special colorful gravel, filled with rich Arab exotic. Car after approximately 4 hours of driving, we rushed to the Red Sea SUN RISE hotel.

Red Sea Egypt is growing tourist destination, you can enjoy the beauty of the "3S"-SUN, SAND, SEA scenery, which enjoy the warmth of natural sunlight, feel the stretch for comfortable Beach, crystal clear waters.

You can have a superficial, or take a glass Boat Harbour enjoying the colorful coral reefs and rare and beautiful tropical fish, or just put into water sports, scuba diving, surfing, sailboarding, sea fishing, and so on.

The beauty of nature and pleasant climate, the composition of a picture into your décor landscape.

To perched, cenglinjinran, interlocking mountains and coast to visualize. Sea water rendering two colors, blue with dark blue, like drawing lines, and as God's magic wand, attempts to turn blue and dark blue sea. Various colour almost bare body lying in the bed of the sea, enjoying the Sun and the sea breeze of moisturizing. Ancient Greece scholars believe that Egypt's health is what comes from Egypt eternal shine sunlight.

Night in the Red Sea on sea view room, don't have a flavor.

Enjoy the beautiful Arab dance, sit in the breezy settee, we had the joy of life.

5 May 2006, on Friday, the Red Sea

Several members of the tour in the morning, very early on to get up, go to the seaside at sunrise, I get up early in the walk by the sea.

Savor this mystery and romantic trip to Egypt, enjoy happy holidays, touch the ancient civilizations, in search of the Nile which never-forgotten memories.

In Egypt stay time while only a short period of nine days, I feel there are three more Egypt: monuments and temples.

This Egypt 5000 years of history and civilization of Islam. Here, the Pharaohs, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Christianity and Islam on the rise and fall times of change, leaving many mysterious and rich treasure. Second, the police, the police car. Street, scenic, airport, bus station is caustic ammunition of the police. From Luxor to the Red Sea, from the Red Sea to Cairo, our team has been heavily armed police and soldiers guarding, on the one hand we felt a sense of security, on the other hand we should cherish the excellent situation of domestic stability and unity. Third, it is more, half floor of cottage. After all, is agricultural countries Egypt, over the past few years, oil and the tourism industry has a certain overall economic development, but is still relatively low level. People saved a little money every year to cover a floor, a Manchu thus are visions of the half floor.

This time the trip to Egypt, many of the harvest.

One is the warm, hospitable Egypt. The second is to never pay attention to safety. Third, the Red Sea was very worthwhile tourism and rest areas. (4) China's position on the rise. Locals initially regards "KOERA JANPANESE," "," and later, they met with Asian, the first sentence is "CHINESE?" The visible status of China on the rise in world influence is increasing, and this is our proud as descendants and proud.

May 6th, 2006, Saturday, airplane, Beijing

Morning departure from the Red Sea Hotel, the bus in the expanse of the Arabian Desert, after 6 hours of flying, reached Egypt Cairo airport.

In the evening11 points, we took Egypt Airlines flight, after 14 hours of flight arrival in Beijing, ending a pleasant journey to Egypt 9 days.

Egypt, the cradle of civilization

Desert submerged the Millennium trail, desert wind was cut away Bell ringing continuously.

Eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt, ancient and glorious Kingdom,

Nile resplendent and immortality of civilization.

Magnificent stands of pyramid to people tells the glory of the Pharaohs,

Mystical temple inscribed with the simplicity of five thousand years ancient glory,

Famous Obelisk records the achievements of the record,

Crystal-clear thousand hectares in the Red Sea of people whom you can daydream.

There has been a world cradle of science and art,

There was once the Palace of Islam, Christianity.

Here was a flicker of Alexander the great, the sword

Leave kaisadadi melancholy of love and hate.

Here is a note of the Napoleon's footsteps, worship

Rising in modern history of billowing smoke.

Follow in the footsteps of ancient civilization, and heavily

With the future world of boundless imagination,

Egypt, you expand the beautiful arms

Make the world a glimpse of the mysterious and fascinating you.

Accompanied by melodious Bell ringing,

Despite the dry desert wind,

Set foot on this magical land,

Explore human footprints of the four ancient civilizations,

To discover the ancient Egypt beyond time shock ...