Egypt, Jordan and Israel 05 2009

Here we are in Egypt on the Nile having a little dinner cruise! Can you tell we haven't sleep for a couple of nights?

Mansion in Cairo

The exterior of the famous Cairo Museum. Just outside the gates of the Cairo Museum

The view from our Hotel of the Great Pyramids

Nile cruise our first night

This spun around for about ten minutes - unbelieveable!

Some hot belly dancers, well two out of three is pretty good! Nancy Horne and Kathryn were awesome.

The green shirt gang - Kim Powell, Steve Metcalf, DEP, and Keith Adams.

We flew from Cairo to Luxor to see the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens and the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.

Model of the buriel tombs in the Valley of the Kings

Two Queens in the Valley of the Kings - Wendy Powell and Kathryn

Entrance to one of the four tombs we were able to see in the Valley of the Kings. The hieroglyphs were amazing but we were not allowed to take pictures.

Columns of the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut

She was a very powerful Queen

Linda Florence at the entrance to the temple

Impressive, no?

Scale model of the Temple of Karnak

This should also be one of the wonders of the world

Alter in what they referred to as the "holy of holies"

The King must have been a sailor. Kathe Maxfield is pointing to the pieces of his boat.

He had it taken apart and hidden at the back of the pyramid under these stones

They built a museum over the stone chamber where the boat was hidden

This is the boat put back together

Waiting to go in the Great Pyramid. The tunnel is very small but leads to the King's Chamber about half way up the pyramid.

The entrance is behind me to the right. The King's Chamber is is half way up the wall.

The Pyramid was covered by a limestone finish. You can see a little bit of it at the top.

The Great Pyramid built by the 4th Dynasty king, Khufu (2589 - 66 BC). There were over 30 dynasties!

The only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World! Gone are the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Colossus of Rhodes, the statue of Zeus by Phidias at Olympia, and the lighthouse at Alexandria.

Two ancient wonders of the world

The old Arab couldn't get the picture right but you get the idea!

My camel driver!

Great Pyramids of Giza

Rulon Horne and I with the Sphinx

I have my are around Kathryn. She was sick in the Hotel but thought she could photoshop herself in later.

Our first glimpse of the Jordan River. Obviously different from what you thought, no?

Bethany beyond the Jordan is one possible site for the Baptism of Jesus by John

Israel is on the other side of the water. Nancy and Kathryn are standing on the Jordanian side.

Many Christians come here to renew their faith and be baptized in the Jordan River. The Pope visited here after us.

Indian Jones in Petra, Jordan??

Some took a "carriage ride" to the bottom of the trail

No one took this horse

The rest of us just walked