Author: Amanda

To recap– we visited the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Nobles, Alabaster Factory, Medinet Habu, and Hatshepsut’s Temple (the subject of this post) all in a single day long day of touring. In retrospect, I would have found Read More

We stopped at a few shops during the course of our tours– in Cairo, we stopped at a papyrus shop and a cartouche shop; in Luxor, we stopped at an alabaster shop; and in Aswan, we stopped at a cotton Read More

Apparently Medinet Habu is one of the less-visited temples in Luxor, which is  surprising to me because of the seven temples we visited– Karnak, Medinet Habu, Luxor, Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Philae– Medinet Habu was the best. It had Read More

We finished up our day in the West Bank at the Tombs of the Nobles, which were nestled in a dusty hillside with a sweeping view of the fertile banks of the Nile. On the agenda were visits to the Read More

After a busy day of sightseeing in Cairo, we headed straight to the airport to catch our flight to Luxor. The airport was an absolute and unmitigated mess. We didn’t see anywhere to get boarding passes, so we assumed that, Read More

4,500 years ago, the ancient Egyptians sealed 1,224 piece of Lebanese cedar into a limestone pit alongside the Great Pyramid. They remained there, undisturbed, until 1954, when the pit was discovered by archeologists. After painstakingly working to figure out how Read More

at the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo

In case it’s not obvious, I love riding horses! So it’s probably natural that for as long as I can remember, riding a camel has been on my bucket list. We finally got to check that off in Egypt (ok, Read More

On our second full day in Egypt, I woke up feeling decidedly not amazing. Fortunately, I had plenty to distract myself with, because our itinerary for the day was a visit to the Great Pyramids! We left the hotel by Read More