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Mummies, Pyramids, The Nile and Modernity

October 11th, 2010 |

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A land where the Sun was once sacred, offers to the world the same glorious sun in a time when Europe is covered with ice and turned into a white desert with chilling cold. It is a land where one the oldest civilization of the world started and nurtured with times. It is a land which has been mentioned in the holy Bible and the holy Quran from the times of Prophet Moses.

Egypt is Islamic but fairly open to western world. Research on test tube babies is legal in Egypt. It is also home to the Head Quarters to the Arab league. Egypt is also home to BPO’s from USA after India.

Egypt is one of the favorite destinations of tourist especially during the time of winter as it is quite warm and offers the beautiful Mediterranean climate at a time when you can hardly see the sun in European continent. It is home to a number of ancient architecture like the Giza pyramids to the Sphinx.

Egypt was ruled by a number of dynasties since 3000 B.C and was invaded by a number of foreign invaders who left back their own traits of culture and religion in the country. Egypt was ruled by the natives as well as by Persians, Romans and Arabs. So you will find famous architects like the famous hanging church of Coptic Christians to the famous Mosques from during the Ottoman Empire.

Egypt was a republic since 18 June 1953. Egypt was ruled by President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak as President of the Republic since 14th October 1981. He is the leader of the ruling National Democratic Party.

So imagine yourself amidst monuments from ancient times which will take you on a ride in those times when kings ruled the land and when religion carved the structure of the Egyptian society. The beautiful boating experience in the most beautiful rivers of the world will take away all the stress from your life. The river Nile is truly the life giver to this region which is surrounded by the Sahara desert.

Egypt has always been a destination point for many shooting of many Hollywood movies. The famous Mummy movies have been shot and conceptualized around Egyptian civilization.
Mummies have always been a very interesting part of the civilization. Even today many scientist and archaeologist are trying hard to get the core of the art of preserving bodies for centuries. It was anticipative about the final virtue and need for the mummies. But from the culture of ancient Egyptians it has been a way of preserving the bodies so that the soul can return to it in the future. These thinking in the ancient Egypt gave rise to the wonderful Pyramid chain around the banks of river Nile.

So Egypt welcomes you in this beautiful land of wonders from the ancient world and they assure that never before you would have taken back with you so many memories and had wonderful time in natural environment.