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Governorates in Egypt : Ad Daqahliyah, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Buhayrah, Al Fayyum, Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah, Al Isma'iliyah, Al Jizah, Al Minufiyah, Al Minya, Al Qahirah, Al Qalyubiyah, Al Wadi al Jadid, Ash Sharqiyah, As Suways, Aswan, Asyut, Bani Suwayf, Bur Sa'id, Dumyat, Janub Sina', Kafr ash Shaykh, Matruh, Qina, Shamal Sina', Suhaj.

Cities in Egypt : Alexandria, Aswan, Asyut, El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Giza, Hurghada, Luxor, Kom Ombo, Port Safaga, Port Said, Sharm el Sheikh, Shubra-El-Khema, Suez, Zagazig.

The name Egypt came via Latin Aegyptus and Greek Αιγυπτος (Aiguptos) from Ancient Egyptian Hi-ku-ptah, which was the name of a temple at Thebes.

Egypt borders on Libya on the west, on Sudan on the south and on Israel on the northeast. It controls the Suez Canal between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.

National Capital City of Egypt: Cairo


car hire, hotels, rental homes, travel agencies, travel guides, transportation / traveling to egypt

links


Car Rental Egypt

 Europcar - Cairo downtown, Cairo Airport, Sharm el Sheikh
Only new rental cars [ average age only 6 months ], All inclusive prices, 24 hours roadside assistance, 24/7 service most airports.

 Avis
World's second largest general-use car rental business, providing business and leisure customers with a wide range of services.
 Hertz

Hostels

 Hostelbookers.com  - Great Hostels, Free booking, Fast & Easy to use
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

Hotels in Egypt

 Booking - Hotels in Sharm el Sheik
Brochures of the hotels, room rates, hotel packages, special offers and last minutes, including real-time booking facilities.

More Hotels? See the Page Hotels

National Parks / Heritage Site

 Saint Katherine Protectorate - southern Sinai - world heritage site
The area is marked by a unique topography of high mountain range [it contains the highest peak in Egypt, Mt. Katherine - 2664 m.] that extends in a circular manner forming what is known as the Ring Dyke.

Travel Agents / Tour Operators



Travel Guides Egypt / Related books

 Amazon.com

 Egypt
The guides that show you what others only tell you! From the pyramids of Giza to the bustling bazaars of Cairo, discover the ancient and modern wonders of Egypt with this essential guide. Using the unique 3D models and cutaways explore tombs and temples or go diving in the Red Sea. Tips on where to sample the best mezze and chai will ensure your trip to the Land of the Pharaohs is one you'll never forget.
Hardcover 352 pages (August 25, 2005); Publisher: Dorling Kindersley; Language: English; ISBN: 1405311185
 Egypt / Lonely Planet 
Joann Fletcher, Andrew Humphreys, Siona Jenkins, A. Sattin
The authors provide travellers on any budget with the information needed to get around in Egypt, covering history, culture, flora and fauna, accommodation, language, local cuisine, and health and safety.
Paperback 532 pages (January 2004); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 1740594630
 memories of a Lost Egypt - a Memoir with Recipes
Colette Rossant, a James Beard Award-winning journalist, presents a combination memoir and cookbookin which she describes growing up in French colonial Egypt and presents a richly exotic collection of recipes that blend a variety of cultural influences. ASIN 0609601504

Transportation / How do I travel to Egypt

 Cairo Airport [ CAI ] - located in Heliopolis, 22km northeast of Cairo and about 40km from the Pyramids of Gizah

 Emirates US  -  Flight tickets Alexandria / Flight tickets Cairo

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  Flights to Egypt

 Egypt Air

 Train
Ramses Station in central Cairo interconnects the main southward-bound line up the Nile valley (serving Assyut, Luxor, and Aswan)

 Ferries

 Map Metro Cairo

 Map of Egypt [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ]


Links 

 Travel Insurance  -  online travel and holiday insurance

 Egyptian State Tourist Office

 Egyptian Tourist Authority
Official site for the Government Tourist Offices in the Americas

 Egyptian Government Online [ Arab language ]
 Egypt State Information Service

 Cairo - Capital City of Egypt - 

 Alexandria - second largest city and main port of Egypt
Alexandria was built by the Greek architect Dinocrates (332-331 BC) on the site of an old village, Rhakotis, at the orders of Alexander the Great. The city, immortalizing Alexander's name, quickly flourished into a prominent cutural, intellectual, political, and economic metropolis, the remains of which are still evident to this day.
It was the renowned capital of the Ptolemies, with numerous monuments. It was the site of the Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as well as the Great Library. It was along these shores that history took a tragic turn at the time of Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Octavian.
Alexandria lies north-west of the Nile delta and stretches along a narrow land strip between the Mediterranean Sea and Lake Mariut (Mareotis). It is linked to Cairo by two major highways and a railroad line. It is one of the most notable summer resorts in the Middle East, for, in addition to its temperate winters, its beaches, with white sands and magnificent scenery, stretch for 140 km along the Mediterranean Sea, from Abu Qir, in the east to Al-Alamein and Sidi Abdul Rahman, in the west
 Aswan
Has been a favorite winter resort since the beginning of the nineteenth cen­tury and it's still a perfect place to get away from it all.
 Dahab [ resort - windsurfing and diving ]
 Luxor
World's greatest open-air museum, filled with awe-inspiring monuments of ancient civilization.
 Nuweiba [ bathing resorts ]
 Sharm el Sheik [ badplaats - diving paradises ]
Sharm El Sheikh lies at the southern extremity of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, a land of towering mountains, verdant oases and flat desert expanses that meet the clear waters of the Red Sea at the golden beaches of the 'Red Sea Riviera'.
Developed for its spectacular location, Sharm El Sheikh is world-famous for its coral and aquatic wildlife with magnificent reefs just offshore, considered to be among the top five diving and snorkelling sites in the world. South Sinai is also an important footprint in the chronicles of history and is known as a holy land in the religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

 Abu Simbel
 Edfu [ tempel ] bij Aswan
 Karnak [ temples ]
 Kolossen van Memnon
 Kom Ombo [ temple ]
 Nijl
 Pyramids of Gizah
 Red Sea
 St Catherine's Monastery
 Suez Canal
 Temple Island Philea
 Theban Necropolis
 Valley of the Kings
 Valley of the Queens

 Alexandria Trams & Streetcars - History and photos of trams in Alexandia
The tram system in Alexandria began operating in 1860. It is the oldest system running in Africa and one of the oldest in the World. The main line between Ramleh and Victoria stations was first horse drawn, then steam hauled and finally electrified in 1902....... [ by Phil Abbey ]
Aswan
 Cairo Times
 Camel Dive Club
 EgyptSearch.com - search engine
 El Ahram - daily paper
 Government - Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah
 Holy Family in Egypt
 Radio
 Red Sea Diving College
 Sharm El Sheikh Diving
 Sinai Divers
 TV
 Egypt
 University - AUC - American University in Cairo
 University - Cairo University - located in Giza
 Wagh el Birket [ The Berka ]
During World War II the red-light district of Cairo.

Cuisine - Egyptian Cooking Recipes

 Food Fit for Pharaohs: An Ancient Egyptian Cookbook - Michelle Berriedale-Johnson
The great River Nile was the life staff of the Ancient Egyptians. Once a year it flooded its banks, depositing nutrient-rich soil and making Egypt one of the most fertile regions on Earth. As a result, the Egyptians enjoyed a wholesome diet. This cookbook recreates the flavours of Ancient Egypt with 35 recipes "pocket loaves" and dried fig and apricot jam, and fish with Tarator sauce.
Hardcover 64 pages (October 25, 1999); Publisher: British Museum Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0714119296
 My Egyptian Grandmother's Kitchen: Traditional Dishes Sweet and Savory - Magda Mehdawy
In this beautifully illustrated volume, Magda Mehdawy has gathered in one book the most complete collection of Egyptian recipes ever assembled. Drawing on the traditional recipes she learned from her grandmother and other members of her generation, Mehdawy offers a surprising range of sumptuous recipes and unusual flavors that are part of Egypt's millennia-long cultural heritage. She also reveals the historical depth of the national cuisine, beginning with a section on food and wine-making techniques used by the ancient Egyptians. For readers interested in more recent traditions, Mehdawy provides lists of typical menus served on Islamic holidays and feasts, and a fascinating overview of traditional beliefs regarding vegetables and spices. While covering regional dishes from all over Egypt, Mehdawy emphasizes the cuisine of her native Mediterranean city of Alexandria, providing a wide selection of seafood dishes, such as baked sardines and shrimp kufta with rice. Grouped by food categories - including Broths and Soups, Stuffed Vegetables, Poultry, Pickles, Jams, and Desserts - the book helpfully lists detailed health information as well as practical advice on shopping for the best-quality ingredients, and where to find them. Even chefs already familiar with Egyptian cuisine will find new dishes here. With copious illustrations in full color throughout, this compendium is a great introduction to the rich flavor and variety of the traditional Egyptian kitchen.
Paperback 264 pages (November 2005); Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press; Language: English; ISBN: 9774249275
 Memories of a Lost Egypt - a Memoir with Recipes
Colette Rossant, a James Beard Award-winning journalist, presents a combination memoir and cookbookin which she describes growing up in French colonial Egypt and presents a richly exotic collection of recipes that blend a variety of cultural influences.

History of Egypt

Independence: 28 February 1922 (from UK)

 The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt 
Ian Shaw
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt uniquely covers 700,000 years of ancient Egypt from the stone age to the Roman conquest. The story of the ancient Egyptians, from their prehistoric origins to their conquest by the Persians, Greeks, and Romans makes for fascinating reading, with subjects ranging from the changing nature of life and death in the Nile valley to some of the earliest masterpieces of art, architecture, and literature in the ancient world. An international team of experts in the field address the issues surrounding this distinctive culture, vividly relating the rise and fall of ruling dynasties, exploring colourful personalities, and uncovering surprising facts, such as the revelation that Scotland Yard possesses a print taken from the hand of a mummy. A well-rounded picture of an intriguing civilization emerges.
Paperback 540 pages (October 23, 2003); Publisher: Oxford University Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0192804588
 Egypt's History - Wikipedia
The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 BC and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The last native dynasty fell to the Persians in 341 BC, who in turn were replaced by the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines.
 The Prehistory of Egypt - Beatrix Midant-Reynes, Ian Shaw (Translator)
This book covers the history of the Nile Valley from Nubia to the Mediterranean, during the period from the earliest hominid settlement, around 700,000 BC to the beginnings of dynastic Egypt at the end of the fourth millennium BC. The book focuses primarily on the fifteen millennia from 18,000 to 3,000 BC, when different cultures can be identified, and the earliest forms of agriculture traced with some detail. Textile and ceramic production began at the end of the seventh millennia and were deployed with great skill and considerable sophistication by the beginning of the Old Dynastic Period at around 4,500 BC. By the time of the First Dynastic Period much that is considered characteristic of Ancient Egypt, such as cosmology, burial rites and decorated pottery, was already established tradition. This account of prehistoric Egypt will be welcomed as an outstanding narrative, combining both scholarship and accessibility.
Paperback 344 pages (December 16, 1999); Publisher: Blackwell Publishers; Language: English; ISBN: 0631217878
 Egyptian Museum - many links
The greatest collection of Egyptian antiquities is, without doubt, that of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. It is a place of true discovery and, even after many visits, I continue to make new and delightful discoveries every time I venture into its many galleries.
 Egyptology.com
Dedicated to examining some aspects of the art, archaeology, religion and history of Egypt.
 Egyptology Resources
Pages set up with the kind assistance of the Newton Institute in the University of Cambridge to provide a World Wide Web resource for Egyptological information.
 Maimonides
Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon [ 1135 - 1204 ], known commonly by his Greek name Maimonides, was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher.

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

 Egypt / Lonely Planet 
Joann Fletcher, Andrew Humphreys, Siona Jenkins, A. Sattin
The authors provide travellers on any budget with the information needed to get around in Egypt, covering history, culture, flora and fauna, accommodation, language, local cuisine, and health and safety.
Paperback 532 pages (January 2004); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 1740594630
 The Hieroglyphs Handbook: Teach Yourself Ancient Egyptian 
Apparently, according to the author Philip Ardagh, it took the average Ancient Egyptian scribe about 12 years to learn all the hieroglyphs he would need to sustain a reasonable writing career, and therefore admits that this highly entertaining little book won't quite make the reader an internationally world expert on the subject. But what it will do is provide endless hours of fun for children who are either in the midst of their studies about Ancient Egypt, or young tikes who take pleasure in baffling their buddies with clever codes and secret messages. ASIN 0571197442
 The Hieroglyphs Handbook: Teach Yourself Ancient Egyptian
Apparently, according to the author Philip Ardagh, it took the average Ancient Egyptian scribe about 12 years to learn all the hieroglyphs he would need to sustain a reasonable writing career, and therefore admits that this highly entertaining little book won't quite make the reader an internationally world expert on the subject. But what it will do is provide endless hours of fun for children who are either in the midst of their studies about Ancient Egypt, or young tikes who take pleasure in baffling their buddies with clever codes and secret messages

 Arab Music
 Elain's Album Page
Links and track listings > 200 albums Arabian music
 Library of Alexandria - Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Revival of the Ancient Library of Alexandria
 Muzika.com - Arab Music Network
Arabic Mp3 Download, real audio, rm, latest Arabic music videos, mpeg, asf, Arabic Video

Web Portal / Egyptian Search Engine / Directory

 Antef-Egypte - homepage Louise - lots of info
 Cairo Live - Egyptian news, views and entertainment portal
 Cairo Tourist
 EgyptSearch.com - Egyptian search engine
 Go Redsea - hotels, diving, attractions, entertainment, general info
O.a. Taba, Newelda, St. Katherine, Dahab, Sharm el Sheik, Hurghada, Safaga, Quseir en Marsa Alam.
 Infomate - your friendly guide to Sinai and the Red Sea
Sinai and Red Sea attracts all types of travellers, some in search of peace and tranquility, others in search of adventure andexcitement. Pilgrims come to visit ancient Biblical sights hiddendeep in the forbidding desert; honeymooners come to baskin the sun along a shimmering blue coast outlined in white sand; divers come to explore the breath taking underwater world
O.a. informatie over diving sites, regulations, natural resources, protected areas, beduins en recreational activities.
 Sinai 4 You - info over Taba, Nuweiba, Dahab, Sharm el Sheikh, Ste Catherine
The Sinai combines everything you need for a well deserved holiday break: sun, sea, mountains, simplicity and luxury. Each Red Sea resort - whether Taba, Nuweiba, Dahab or Sharm el Sheikh - holds its own characteristics. St. Katherine and its ancient monastery calls to a voyage into biblical history and walking tours in the high mountain range, once home to hermits and monks.
Sinai invites for adventure travel as well as for a relaxing holiday in one of the deluxe hotel resorts along the Gulf of Aqaba coast.

 Yahoo Egypt Directories


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