When the Aswan Dam was build in Upper Egypt the Temple of Isis, Philae was picked up an moved to an island on Lake Nassar. Getting there is haf the fun as ...

One of the highlights of my trip to Egypt was a boat trip down the Nile to a Nubian village shortly after dawn. This photo was taken on that trip of a ...

When we were in Upper Egypt we took an excursion to a Nubian village that included a boat and a camel ride. Now, I know I smiled the whole time, but I ...

I don’t know for sure that this couple was looking for a romantic spot, but they did find one overlooking the Qait Bay Fortress in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt For more ...

During the Amateur Traveler Photo tour to Egypt last year we left the larger group we were traveling with and explored a market in Alexandria. I love markets. There is so much ...

Until felled by an earthquake in the 14th century the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria stood at this spot. In the 15th century a local Sultan built this fortress using, at least in ...

These statues of an Egyptian Pharaoh are unusual because the Pharaoh depicted is not a man but instead Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Egypt for about 22 years as “regent”. You may not ...

This mosque at the Temple of Luxor in Egypt has a door that seems to have been inconveniently located well above the ground. The door is at ground level, but the temple ...

If you look up in the Mohamed Ali Mosque in Cario, Egypt you will see the dome structure which is patterned after the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul (which in turn is ...

I shot this picture in sight of the pyramids at Giza. No, these are not… so far as I know… the 3 wise men. They are instead 3 tourists off on a ...