Egypt may possibly be the one country in the world that everyone should visit at least once in their lifetime. Two very obvious reasons: The pyramids, more precicely the pyramids at Giza, is the only surviving of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. And the Nile is the place where the world saw one of the first civilizations of the world. Egypt's list of attractions continues with its many other pyramids, the astonishing temples and artistic explosions of the tombs in the south. Right up from the escarpment of the Nile, the desert begins. In the east some of the oldest mountains in world still stand, crude and beautiful. In the west, the sand dunes continues until the astonishing White Desert and the bizarre Black Desert. Out here, also, are some of the fines oases you could imagine. Of more recent history, Egypt appears to be the birthplace of Christian monasticism. Plenty of monasteries are still in full operation, and visitors are heartily welcome. Despite the more than 1300 years that have passed since the Muslim occupation, very little of Muslim culture is found across Egypt. Only Cairo has an abundance in this field.
