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St Katherine's Monastery

St Katherine's

St Katherine's

St Katherine's

St Katherine's

St Katherine's

St Katherine's

Alleged offspring of Burning Bush

Icon: Christ Pantocrator

Sinai Mountains

Sinai, 8 m. W of Sharm el-Sheikh

Sinai, 35 m. SW of St Kats

Sinai, 41 m SE of Suez

Suez

A "Ship of the Desert"

The canal proper

Suez, to mountains

15 miles NW of Suez

Siwa

Mediterranean, near El Alamein

Sahara, 23 m. SW of Marsa Matruh

Sahara, 63 m. NE of Siwa

Edge of Siwa Oasis

Old Fort

Old Fort + Donket Carts

Ruined town Holding Temple od the Oracle

Temple of the Oracle 6th c. BC, as visited by Alex. the Great

Temple of the Oracle

Palms, from hilltop (Reasonably authentic colours.)

Lake Siwa, from hilltop

Temple of Umm Ubayda Sadly, only ruins, and restored wall.

Modern irrigation

The Great Guiding Lamp Posts

(Modern) Pool of Cleopatra

Siwa Street

Sleepy Siwa

Modern Mosque

Scotsman in the Great Sand Sea

Looking back to Siwa

Great Sand Sea

Great Sand Sea

"Cold Spring" Oasis

"Cold Spring" Oasis

Scotsman at Hot Spring

Hot Spring Oasis

Great Sand Sea

Pit Stop 86 m NE of Siwa

Desert Bus Service

Mediterranean (Authentic bright colors.)

Cairo

Cairo Tower

Nile

Great Pyramid Note tourists exiting

Great Pyramid: Tourist entrance

It's cramped.

Inner cleft

Entering Tomb Chamber

Tomb Chamber

Great Pyramid

It's Big

Pyramid of Khafre

Pyramid of Khafre

Sphinx

Sphinx

(Rebuilt) Temple, near Sphinx

Sphinx + Pyramid

Slightly blurry Tutankhamun mask Egyptian Museum

Jordan