Many of the most important monuments in Egypt built during the time of the Pharaohs are located in Upper Egypt

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Egypt is a fascinating place which attracts visitors from all over the world. It is one of those places that everybody would like to see, at least once during their lifetime. Its varied natural environment, full of enchantment, is animated by ancient monuments that rank among the world's greatest representations of human history. Thousands of years ago, while other peoples on the earth were still laboriously emerging out of the stone age, these monuments provided the scenario for the exciting birth of the world's most ancient civilization. When one thinks of Egypt - especially from the historical and artistic points of view - one immediately thinks of the Nile. This "Great River" - with its constant, rhythmic swelling and diminishing - was the life-giving force responsible for the very exceptional, absolutely unique development of this civilization in the space of just a few centuries, during which the produced artistic and scientific works greatly exceeded the capabilities of the world's civilizations of that period. Many of the most important monuments in Egypt built during the time of the Pharaohs are located in Upper Egypt. There are fabulous temples on the shores of the Nile, remains of important cities - the most important of which is the fascinating Thebes, with its "hundred doors," which was the capital of Upper Egypt for centuries - and the elaborate tombs, carved into the rock, that are located in wild and remote places. These are the things we shall see in this trip through Upper Egypt..Author: Dino Sassi . . Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press. Language: English