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January 30, 2006

Feluccas | Luxor, Egypt

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Olympus Stylus Epic | Fuji Superia 1600
Taken along the Corniche-El-Nil in the evening. In Luxor the Nile is much more sedate than in Cairo, where the banks are choked with high-rise Western hotels. Here the graceful feluccas sail along the history-steeped West Bank near the Valley of the Kings.

Sphinxes | Luxor, Egypt

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Olympus Stylus Epic | Fuji Superia 1600

Desert horizon | Giza, Egypt

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Olympus OM-10 | Fuji Superia 400

Sunset | Giza, Egypt

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Olympus OM-10 | Fuji Superia 400

Aladdin | Giza Pyramids

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Olympus OM-10 | Fuji Superia 100

Karnak Temple | Luxor, Egypt

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Olympus OM-10 | Fuji Superia 100

Hatshepsut's Temple | Luxor, Egypt

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Olympus OM-10 | Fuji Superia 100

Abu Simbel | Egypt

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Olympus OM-10 | Fuji Superia 100
The temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel. Even more amazing than the sheer size of the towering monument is imagining the UNESCO effort involved in moving this temple and the queen's temple nearby painstakingly piece by piece from the now-flooded land below.

Luxor Temple | Luxor, Egypt

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Olympus Stylus Epic | Fuji Superia 1600

Luxor Temple | Luxor, Egypt

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Olympus OM-10 | Fuji Superia 100

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