There is a new Channel Five programme about Ramses II tonight at 8.00pm.

The lastest in their series “Secrets Of  Egypt” tonight’s programme explores the life of Ramses II and focuses on why he is regarded as ancient Egypt’s greatest leader.

Last week’s programme was about The Valley Of The Kings and tonight’s programme will give you a real “taste of Egypt”.  Highly recommended.

On our late November trip we had a great full day Giza and The Pyramids excursion with a wonderful guide called Ahmed,  our own driver and air-conditioned mini-bus.  We visited Memphis, Saqqara and the Great Pyramid at Giza.

What we didnt’ realise until we visited Saqqara is that the Great Pyramid wasnt’ the first or the oldest Pyramid.  That honour goes to the Step Pyramid at Saqqara which you can see above. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are hoping to visit Egypt in the near future I highly recommend you watch episode 3 of The Frankincense Trail.

Last night (10 September) I watched a wonderful BBC programme called The Frankincense Trail featuring the lovely Kate Humble.  Last nights episode was set in Egypt as Kate sailed the Nile from Aswan and visited so many of the places you would see on a Nile Cruise.

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I heard this on the “One Show” on BBC the other day and was quite amazed to find out that the very first lighthouse was constructed and operated in Egypt at Alexandria.

Here’s a little more about it from the “History Of Lighthouses” website…

“In early time people set fires at the edge of the water to warn boats of dangerous rocks and shores.  The Egyptians were the first people to build lighthouses to use light to guide ships.  In Egypt in 283 the Egyptians completed the tallest lighthouse ever built.  It guided ships for over 1,500 years and stood 900 feet tall.   Lighthouses were also constructed by the Phoenicians, Greeks, and the Romans”.

More Egypt facts soon!!

I mentioned the other day the Ancient Egypt Exhibition at Liverpool’s World Museum. Well, last night on our local tv news program there was an excellent report from the exhibition that was announced as “from Luxor to Liverpool” which I thought was a great title and one that I’ve used for this post.

The exhibition does look great and they showed a whole section of it in the report. If your close enough to get to Liverpool I would recommend you visit the exhibition as it will give you a real taste of Ancient Egypt and what you’ll be seeing on your Nile Cruise.