Highlights from Mein Schiff Eins, Part 1:

A Rosetta Stone in the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo. In a room with no photos permitted, we saw mummies of several famous pharaohs, including one or two Amenhoteps, one or two Tuts, Hapshetsut, and Ramses II.

Lunch on the Nile River in Cairo

Pyramid of Khafre

Pyramids of Giza

Great Sphinx

Suez Canal

Suez Canal. Long stretches are divided into northbound and southbound lanes.

Hatshepsut's Temple (near Luxor, Egypt). Her temple was the inspration for the Valley of Kings.

Hatshepsut's Temple

Karnak Temple (in Luxor, Egypt)

Karnak Temple. "Before the revolution."

Karnak Temple. "After the revolution."

Luxor Temple.

Sphinx Avenue near Luxor Temple. Originally, it stretched the full three kilometers between Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple.

Snorkeling in the Red Sea at Sharm el Sheikh, southern tip of the Sinai Penninsula, Egypt

Sunset at Sharm el Sheikh

Colorful Buffet Dinner

Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman

Mutrah Souq Market in Muscat, Oman

Muscat's Promenade & Harbor

Sultan's Palace

Muscat's Harbor. Left of center: A monument in the shape of an incense burner. Oman has been producing frankincense for about 5000 years.

Construction in Dubai

Burj Khalifa

Palm Jumeirah. On the left: A Mayan Ziggurat Waterslide. On the right: Construction

A Mansion on Palm Jumeirah

Dubai from Palm Jumeirah

Dolphins

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