- While Egypt’s best known sites are the Great Pyramids of Giza — the only one of the Seven Wonders of the World still standing — and the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, those bucket-list destinations can be crowded and give only a small picture of ancient Egyptian society.
- An Egyptian local told me, upon arriving in the southern town of Aswan, that if I wanted to really get to know ancient Egyptian culture, I should visit the ruins of Abu, located on the small, quiet Elephantine Island in the middle of the Nile River.
- Few tourists take the read more >>>
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