Alexandria , introduction

This is my friend Francois (pronounced, France-Waa),he is French. What he is smoking is called Shesha. it is very popular and legal in the middle East. Shesha is fruit flavored tobacco smoked through a water filtered pipe. We start our trip in Alexandria. There is lots to see in Egypt so the blog is pretty long. I left out more then I put in. When you get to the end of this page you can click a button that will send you to an older page, if you are still interested in continuing.
Just like in most of my other blogs I did not feel like writing to much but I did add a few web sites, so that you can go to for further reading, if you like. I am not an expert nor am I considered knowlegeable on the topic of Egpt. So, you may also want to do a little reseach yourself if you feel it is really interesting.
You can also visit Egypt, its easy. But if that is not your cup of tea then sit back relax and enjoy the pictures. If you have any questions feel free to write.
Lawrence ( you can pronounce it anyway you like, its English) Moore
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/pyramid.html
It is the oldest, yet it is the only surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders. It is the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Papyrus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus
Egyptian Museum

http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/

Alexandria’s Submerged Monuments
http://alexandriatour.com/
The City of Alexandria, Egypt
http://alexandriatour.com/
http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/
Ancient Egyptian writing uses more than 2,000 hieroglyphic characters

Philae island
http://www.philae.nu/akhet/Philaeisland.html
The Temple of Horus at Edfu (Idfu)

http://www.touregypt.net/edfut.htm
http://www.ancientworldegypt.com/edfu.html


http://www.bediz.com/hatshep/cartouche2.html

Alexandria

Alexandria

The nile was used to live here. With the Dam the waters are more regular.
Lookinf for a book?
This is a much older Library in Alexandria.

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/komelshuqafa.htm

The Catacombs of Kom el-Shuqafa, the "Mound of Shards,"

We went to it but you were not allowed to take picture there. If you like you can read about on the this site. Many places you were not allowed to take picture. Basicly if the site was in an inclosed area like inside tomb that was in the valley of the Kings, in side a pyramid or at the Egyptian Museum you were not allowed to take pictures. The objects a places we are seeing are over 4000 year old.

Alexandria, the new Library of

That big ball in the background a planetariam.
Every know alphabet is written on this building.

Hypatia

Alexandria

If you never seen the inside of a Mosque here it is.



Alexandria’s Submerged Monuments
http://alexandriatour.com/

Dinner on the Nile

This when we meet our friends ( my friends now, before that Francois's friends from France) in Cairo. So in addition to Francois and myself let Lionel and Veronique be your guides.

http://www.mbarron.net/Nile/

The Nile River.

Egyptian Museum

You are not allowed to take picture in the Egyptian Museum. So the pictures that you see here are from the outside of the Museum. They said thgat if you spent one minute at each object that it would take you six months to complete your tour of the museum.

Egyptian Museum.

http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/

Making Papyrus

Making Papyrus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus
Papyrus

Giza Pyramid

It is the oldest, yet it is the only surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders. It is the Great Pyramid of Giza.
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/pyramid.html

Giza Pyramid