Section 01 of 05
The Nile
The river as road, border and reason. Everything filed here, in river order where the river applies — with what each place is and how it reads on the ground.
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The Nile as a Road
For most of Egyptian history the river was the highway. How that shaped where everything got built.
Nile Valley, Memphis, Abydos, Giza, Aswan
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Aswan and the First Cataract
Where the granite comes from and where Egypt's south begins.
Elephantine Island, Philae, Agilkia Island, First Cataract
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Moving on the River
Feluccas, cruise boats and the stretch between Luxor and Aswan.
Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Aswan
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The Delta, Explained
The other half of the country — flat, green, crowded and mostly unvisited.
Tanis, Bubastis, Damietta, Rosetta