Heliopolis Vacations, Heliopolis Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Dr. Swanson took our class on a field trip to Heliopolis (I loved studying in Egypt, we got to go on the coolest field trips).  Heliopolis is the site of the sun cult of Ra and was once the capital of the 13th Lower Egyptian Nome.  The site has been occupied since the Pre-Dynastic Period.  Sadly, most of what had once been there no longer exists, its temples and other buildings were used for the construction of medieval Cairo so most of what archaeologists know about the site ...

My trek originated in Oakland, California, VERY early in the morning, then a layover for several hours in New York that afternoon, then onto the Netherlands where I met up with my friend Daryl to spend our whole flight fatigued afternoon in Amsterdam. It seems so natural for us to meet in Schipol airport by the stairs leading down to the trains, and we hadn't even seen each other in almost a year even though we both live in California. We’ve been...