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 Cruises Over Nile.

         
    Ancient Egyptians named Nile " mother of all real ". This river in a literal sense was and remains for Egyptians a source of life: all population of the country lives in a narrow glen practically. Along shores of Nile the majority of the most known monuments of an ancient civilization is located also.
    
    Cruise over Nile - that can be more interesting and more fascinating, float from its most headstreams, visit ancient temples Аbu - Simbela: the Big temple, pharaon Ramses II, and small, his wives Nefertiti and Lari, have been cut down in a rock in XIII century up to AD. Ramses has ordered to build the big temple in Abu-Simbela in commemoration of his victory above hetts.
    
    In Abu-Simbela two times a year on February,22nd and on October,22nd it is possible to observe a unique light representation: when at 6 o'clock in the morning the first beam of the sun will penetrate through an entrance  of portal and shines a corridor in length of 65 m, leading to a cult niche of a sanctuary, it  for a second will not touch a statue of god Ptaha, and on Amon and Ра is late for 6 minutes that then during 12 minutes brightly to shine Ramses II. It is considered, that on February, 22 is Ramses’ birthday , and on October, 22 - day of his crowning.
    
    There are some variants of cruise programs: Hurgada - Cairo - cruise over Nile, Hurgada - Cairo - Alexandria - cruise over Nile, Hurgada - cruise over Nile. All of them are good , depending on time of stay and personal preferences.

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