Jewels of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Treasures from the Worcester Art Museum

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A transfer is included from Cairo International Airport to the Marriott Mena House, Cairo, a sumptuous former royal hunting lodge. Classic Holidays when selling travel arrangements is a trading name of The Midcounties Cooperative Ltd. The people are friendly, the Travel Talk guides know their stuff, and the country is home to some of the most impressive historical sights you are ever going to see.

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We had a ridiculously early flight, so it was a quick transfer to the airport and away, having said all our goodbyes the night before. The smaller temple, some 40 feet high, is adorned by four colossi depicting Ramesses and two of his queen Nefertari at a height of 32 feet. Novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) is living with adventurer boyfriend Jack Colton (Michael Douglas) on his yacht. Once checked in, it was time for an optional evening activity, which everyone chose to do, that being the experience of a Nubian dinner.and personally, was one of my favourites of all the temples we visited in Egypt, not least because of the huge scale of it.

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They’ve captivated travellers to Egypt for millennia, so as you can imagine, we were fairly excited to be visiting them. The Small Temple stands at 12 metres high and has two statues of queen Nefertari and four of the pharaoh (king). Laura Marrs was the daughter of Boston mayor Otis Norcross (1811-1882) and wife of amateur photographer Kingsmill Marrs (d. In 2005 and again in 2008, Douglas was working on a second sequel, entitled Racing the Monsoon, although there have been no further developments in recent years. As previously mentioned, Travel Talk Tours are predominantly aimed at a younger market, with most tour attendees being 18-35 years olds.The local currency is the Egyptian Pound – you can change this into other currencies before you leave, which I would recommend doing, as it can be hard to change once you have left the country. From here the group was definitely starting to get hungry, and so we headed for lunch in a nearby village.