Egypt 2003: Adventures in Egyptology

By genkeeper

The Route

– Starting Point	– Last Point	– Current Point	– Round Trip

Path Traveled

Not Yet Traveled

The Summary

I spent 5 months living, breathing, eating and dreaming ancient Egypt. I visited everything from the Great Pyramids to the remote and desolate tombs of Tell-el Amarna to the awe-inspiring statues of Ramses II at Abu Simbel. Here are my stories and adventures - the good the bad and the archaeological.

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Date	Location	Entries
August 26th, 2003	Cairo, Egypt	Cairo Museum: My Biggest Candy Shop \| 50 Photos Updated: August 9th, 2008
August 29th, 2003	Giza, Egypt	Giza Plateau:Welcome to the Jungle - Drooling Over My Favorite Pyramids While Dodging Camel Hagglers \| 24 Photos Updated: August 9th, 2008
August 30th, 2003	Dahshur, Egypt	Dahshur Pyramids: The Bent, The Red and The Crumbly Pile of Rock \| 13 Photos Updated: August 9th, 2008
September 1st, 2003	Cairo, Egypt	Driving Egyptian Style Updated: September 1st, 2003
September 3rd, 2003	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Mt. Sinai and Sharm el Sheikh \| 3 Photos Updated: March 6th, 2008
September 13th, 2003	Birqash, Egypt	The Camel Market at Birqash: Where Camels Meet Plain-Clothes Cops \| 1 Photo Updated: March 14th, 2008
September 14th, 2003	Memphis, Egypt	Memphis: One of the Old Capitals of Ancient Egypt \| 8 Photos Updated: August 9th, 2008
September 19th, 2003	Alexandria, Egypt	Alexandria: The City of Alexander the Great \| 20 Photos Updated: August 9th, 2008
September 27th, 2003	Saqqara, Egypt	Saqqara: Djoser's Step Pyramid and Heb-Seb Court / Teti and Unas' Pyramids: Pyramid Texts \| 9 Photos Updated: March 10th, 2008
October 2nd, 2003	Luxor, Egypt	Luxor: Valley of the Queens \| 17 Photos Updated: March 14th, 2008
October 3rd, 2003	Luxor, Egypt	The Colossi of Memnon and The Ramesseum: Odes to Two Propaganda Kings \| 7 Photos Updated: April 4th, 2008
October 4th, 2003	Luxor, Egypt	Tombs of the Nobles - located in, around and under the small village of Gurneh \| 27 Photos Updated: April 6th, 2008
October 5th, 2003	Luxor, Egypt	Karnak: 5 Acres, 134+ Columns, and More Pharaohs Than One Can Count \| 17 Photos Updated: April 7th, 2008
October 6th, 2003	Luxor, Egypt	Luxor Museum, Mummification Museum and Luxor Temple \| 9 Photos Updated: April 29th, 2008
October 7th, 2003	Luxor, Egypt	The West Bank: Pharaoh Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple, Valley of the Kings, and Valley of the Monkeys \| 17 Photos Updated: June 11th, 2008
October 11th, 2003	Cairo, Egypt	Coptic Cairo: Coptic What? Never heard of it before. \| 11 Photos Updated: June 29th, 2008
October 18th, 2003	Maydum, Egypt	Meidum: The Only Pyramid with Character \| 5 Photos Updated: March 10th, 2008
October 25th, 2003	Cairo, Egypt	Islamic Cairo: Oops! I don't think I was supposed to see that head. . .or take a picture of it! \| 32 Photos Updated: June 19th, 2008
October 31st, 2003	Bahariya Oasis, Egypt	Bahariya Oasis: Dunes, The Black Desert, The White Desert, and The Oasis \| 17 Photos Updated: June 17th, 2008
November 8th, 2003	Sisah, Egypt	Buto and Sais with Dr. Swanson: Searching the Delta for Old Kingdom Power-house Cities \| 9 Photos Updated: June 18th, 2008
November 9th, 2003	Abu Sir, Egypt	Abu Sir & Abu Ghurab: Crashing Dr. Mallek's Excavation Party; Oogling 5th Dyn Pyramids & Sun Temple \| 21 Photos Updated: June 19th, 2008
November 14th, 2003	Tell el-Amarna, Egypt	Tell-el Amarna: Guns, Stonings, and Akenaten's Palace \| 25 Photos Updated: June 19th, 2008
November 15th, 2003	Abidus, Egypt	Dendara and Abydos: Hidden Chambers and Kings Lists \| 40 Photos Updated: June 21st, 2008
November 20th, 2003	Aswan, Egypt	Aswan: Where Life Slows Down and The Air is Breathable \| 34 Photos Updated: July 8th, 2008
November 22nd, 2003	Luxor, Egypt	Nile Cruise, Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae: Have Mercy, No More Greco-Roman! \| 62 Photos Updated: June 25th, 2008
November 25th, 2003	Abu Simbel, Egypt	Abu Simbel: The Biggest Edifice to The Male Ego \| 20 Photos Updated: July 8th, 2008
December 6th, 2003	Saqqara, Egypt	The Tombs of Giza and Saqqara with Dr. Ikram \| 26 Photos Updated: July 21st, 2008
December 12th, 2003	Heliopolis, Egypt	Heliopolis: Sun Cult of Ra \| 6 Photos Updated: July 21st, 2008
December 19th, 2003	Red Sea, Egypt	Monasteries' of St. Anthony & St. Paul - Women aren't allowed. Then how did we get in? \| 45 Photos Updated: July 28th, 2008
December 31st, 2003	Cairo, Egypt	New Year's Eve in a Sultan's Palace \| 15 Photos Updated: July 28th, 2008