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The Pyramids of Egypt

The Pyramids were regarded by the ancients as one of the seven wonders of the world. The great pyramid of Giza was the world's tallest building till the construction of the Eifel Tower in 1889. It was 146.59 m high, and the world's first stone monument. Built during the period 2650 BC and 1069, they are generally regarded as pharaohs tombs. However this is not the most recent academic opinion. It is clear,that they exhibit scientific and technical knowledge in some respects superior to ours and demonstrate a deep religious and symbolic significance. It is still a puzzle how the pyramids were built on such a scale and precision. more...

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo

The museum is located in the centre of Cairo, a red neo-classical building and outstanding in its wealth of ancient Egyptian artifacts, including the golden mummy case of Tutenkahmun and part of his treasures. more...

Luxor Temple

The temple is located on the site of an older sanctuary. It was built by Hatshepsut and dedicated to the triad of Amun, Mut and Khons. Amenhotep III enlarged the shrine. The structure was further enlarged by Tutankhamun, Rameses II and Alexander the Great. Arabs later called it Al-Uqsur (The Palaces), giving the place its modern name. more...

Alexandria National Museum

The well set out Alexandria Museum, housed in a beautiful Italianate villa, portrays the Pharaonic, the the Greco-Roman, the Islamic and modern periods on three main floors. more...

The Temple of Hatshepsut

The charisma of the queen Hatshepsut has endured over millenia and earned her a place among great Egyptian sovereigns. Her temple is highly unusual, the work of architect Senmut. It had been destroyed and then rebuilt stone by stone in 1891, but it can never again match the magnificence of the past. more...

The Temple of Karnak

The Temple of Karnak is a spectacular complex of sanctuaries, kiosks, pylons and obelisks dedicated to Theban gods and the greater glory of the pharaohs. Everything is on a gigantic scale. The Amun Temple enclosure alone measures some 260,000sq metres. Built, added to, dismantled, restored, enlarged and decorated over 1500 years, Karnak was the important place of worship in Egypt during the height of Theban power. more...

Egypt Travelog

The Egyptian albums are a record of the personal experience of Aleksandra Ceferin. a journey through Egypt in 2006. They are visual impressions of the enduring legacy of the great ancient civilisation. It is an encounter with mankind’s past which creates a sense of awe and wonder. The great temple monoliths astonish and amaze - the sheer scale of buildings and statues, the beauty and detail of workmanship, the messages that the images convey - of daily life, beliefs, and myths.

It is a civilisation that flourished over 5,000 years ago and left temples and monuments unparalleled in grandeur and magnificence; the pyramids were and still are one of the great wonders of the world. It remains a mystery how they were engineered and to what purpose. Some of the answers are chiselled on stone in images and a script that has been partly decoded. Egyptology research indicates a sophisticated people advanced in the sciences and philosophy, as observed by the Greek historian Herodutus, who had visited Egypt and was greatly influenced by what he saw and learnt.

Visiting Egypt is a strange experience. There is a feeling of timelessness that envelops you as soon as you leave behind the bustling city. Everything conspires to reinforce this feeling: the village men in their traditional galabiya, women in the black burkha or hegab. The mud brick villages, the donkeys and camels the villagers use for transport, are unchanged, so is the round flat bread - aish.It is the same bread that has been fossilized in the tombs.