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Land of the Pharaohs

Dedicated to those who just died in the bombings in Egypt.

Some went there for tourism and the love of travel, others were from Egypt.

More history and great music.

Another wonderful song from my friend Cengiz.

Land of the Pharaohs

The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations.

A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C., and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The last native dynasty fell to the Persians in 341 B.C., who in turn were replaced by the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines.

It was the Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century and who ruled for the next six centuries. A local military caste, the Mamluks took control about 1250 and continued to govern after the conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Turks in 1517.

Following the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869, Egypt became an important world transportation hub, but also fell heavily into debt. Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of Egypt's government in 1882, but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914.

Partially independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty following World War II. The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt. A rapidly growing population (the largest in the Arab world), limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile all continue to overtax resources and stress society.

The government has struggled to ready the economy for the new millennium through economic reform and massive investment in communications and physical infrastructure.

The most famous of the Pharaohs was KING TUT so many photos and great information .

Here are the names of the 3 Pyramids in Giza.. all named after Pharaohs.

Sometimes at the Giza Pryamids they hold concerts at night with laser shows see picture below.

However, I love the desert in this view and feeling.. The Ancient way of life.

Love,
Desert Rose

24 Replies to “Land of the Pharaohs”

  1. I love Egypt…I lived there for more than 2 years back in 80’s… I love Egypt… thank you my lady to post something about it…its great land.. with the human history and culture of more than 3000 years….perhaps it is time to transfer to you some arabian and persian music too:)Egypt… is something you’ll never forget… not in this life time..!Q

  2. Hi Eve.My dear, I bet you miss Egypt a lot… It’s a fantastic place.And I really hope things get better around there (bombings).Be well and love to you,Dan

  3. HI Q, Thank you for reading and commenting . and yes its time for Persian music that I have been after you for :)Love youFatimah

  4. HI Dan,yes I do miss Egypt.. I had some kind of life there not like here being NONE.. 🙁 I also had my cats and friends there too here I have NONE !:(Thanks for reading Dan I miss you tooLove Eve

  8. HI VinClick the link with the songs name on it and it give you a page you can dowload it 🙂 well worth the download :)I had a feeling you didn’t hear it. :(Let me know what you think of it ok? Eve

  9. Hi.Eve .so surprise when I saw those images you uploaded .Fantastic .I like them and you .did you google for them ?and i miss the song ,too .when i click that song name ,i gave a download page .but i can’t download !To give me a great breathtaking , we can upload files and manage files .that is not safe in here . i usually log out before i close a page if i logged in first ! almost everyone do that .Or other boys upload some unhealthful picture and information by your username.and then you ‘ll be published as offended law .

  10. HI Colinivy.I can’t email you the song since it’s so large.. YOu can’t download any music? Thank you for your kind words.. I am happy to know you enjoyed my post.Let me knowEve

  11. Right now I am reading a book about Egypt called “Sinuhe, the Egyptian”,by Mika Waltari, finish writer about the years 1390-1335 b.C. in Egypt. Your blog gave the possibility to better understand the spirit of Egypt. Thank you. Warm regars,ramute.

  12. Hi Ramute,That book sounds interesting, and I am sure it is too :)Thank you for reading and commenting and I hope you enjoy that book :)Eve

  13. Hi EveYou brought out the beauty of that troubled place. It is a tragedy that mixing traditional minded people with the modern technological world produces future shock that some of them can only try to cope with through violence.You do have a life Eve. You touch thousands of people with your web site. It is a modern paradigm that most people are not even aware of. We are not virtual people Eve, we are real people and we are here with you.JonPS. I can’t get the music! Nothing happens. It goes to the download page, it says ‘Wait while we get your file…’ and nothing… 🙁 Maybe it is because I use a Mac, or the security won’t accept that file.. I dunno. Oh well. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.

  14. HI Jon,Thank you for your kind words and I am blessed to have such caring and giving friends here in Opera.I am inspired by my readers and also my close friends..if you give me your email I will mail it to you. it might be yoru connection not sure ..Or come on yahoo and i can send it via yahoo.Thanks again for your caring wordsEve

  16. HI Elke,did you get the music? it seems some people are having problems downloading the music from the server I am using now ?thanks for reading and your kind words.LoveEve

  17. HI Colin,I gave that file to you silly 🙂 why would I download it unless you meant for Jon? Where are you ? Eve

  19. HI ColinI know you are in China silly I meant where are you ONLINE :DI figured out what you said before I thought you were telling me to download it I didn’t know you meant Jon.Thank you for sharing and replying to me NO mistakes it was I would made the mistake..Eve

  20. hi Eve i’m in China !i can’t understand your sentences “why would I download it unless you meant for Jon? “can you tell me ?when i get the music file , i upload that file in my space for sharing that perfect music to other friends . that’ all !any mistakes ?

  23. HI again :)I am amazed that you have the same taste for music as I do 🙂 I love Kitaro so much also. I have placed so many files on a site that now is closed 🙁 I have fixed the link now and have uploaded the song to my other opera blog where I use it only for storage :)Please enjoy the song and let me know if you enjoyed it also. Thank you for sharing and having the heart for music you haveFatimah

  24. It is amazing. Even though I dont have any footprints in this land but I love all the myths and story about it. I don’t know much about the place but for me stories about Pharaohs take a large part of my dreams. Especially when I saw a camels pic and relate it to Kitaro song “silk road”, I feel that I am on the way. All acient glory and its beauty.Perhaps too childish to dream about it.I am not even been there once..Cheers Ah by the way, I couldn’t download “the Land of Pharaohs”…Is it my fault or the link is dead? Thanks

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