Searching for Nubian Gold

Searching for Nubian Gold

A pastiche of stories from our journey through Sudan, October 2021 by Laura Ranieri Roy We were honoured to be part of a small group of travel experts and journalists to travel through the unfathomed land of North Sudan in October 2021 – and met with wonders each step...
Ancient Egyptian Temples – an in-depth look

Ancient Egyptian Temples – an in-depth look

Special guest blog by Jeanne Whitehurst, English Egyptologist living in Aswan Temples were built for over 3,500 years in Ancient Egypt, the earliest, mostly, open courts sun temples to the sun god Re while the last one to be built was the cult Temple to Isis at Philae...
Egypt Travel August 2021: Twelve Tantalizing Insights

Egypt Travel August 2021: Twelve Tantalizing Insights

Tips, Discoveries, and Recommendations from our Recent Trip by Laura Ranieri Roy You can’t travel now… certainly not to Egypt??? There’s COVID out there! Pish tosh I say. With the right precautions, good health and a “let’s get on with life attitude” you certainly...
A Few Great Greeks in Egypt

A Few Great Greeks in Egypt

by Amtul Jabeen and Laura Ranieri ‘You Greeks are children infront of us’, said an Ancient Egyptian Priest to a Greek in 6th Century BC. His words prophesied the beginning of the great civilization of Greece, and the domination of Greeks in Egypt from...
Egypt’s Museum Mania

Egypt’s Museum Mania

Sorting out the three museums in Cairo by Laura Ranieri Roy It seems every week there’s news about another museum in Cairo Egypt. From the iconic Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, that magnificent 1902 “antiquities warehouse”, where the Royal Mummies began their great...
The Greatest Pharaohs Move to a New Forever Home

The Greatest Pharaohs Move to a New Forever Home

The Royal Mummy Parade in Cairo, Broadcast Live Worldwide Saturday April 3, 2021 By Laura Ranieri You could never come face to face with Henry the VIII. Never look into the face of Charlemagne, Elizabeth I or Julius Caesar. But in Egypt, you can actually meet Ramses...