2. June 4th/5th 2012
Flew in to Cairo Airport
Maadi City Centre
o Money exchange
o Shopping at Carrefour
Checked in at American
University in Cairo dorms
3. Dashour pyramids:
o Red pyramid, northern pyramid, bent pyramid
Step pyramid
Carpet shop
Great pyramids of Giza
Kartoush shop, papyrus shop
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9. Egyptian museum
Lunch at famous restaurant Felfela Alaa El Din
Old Cairo tour: Shia sites, Antique market.
Al Husein mosque, Khan Khalili.
Fulbright office visit
16. Catacombs
Pillar, sphinxes, and 'daughter library'.
Seaside and Citadel
Mediterranean seafood
Library of Alexandria
Met with a Muslim Brotherhood leader : Mohammed
Sudan - businessman, responsible for international
relations in Freedom and Justice party for Alexandria
branch. Lived in Houston for a few years.
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18. 1477 AD by Sultan Al-Ashraf
Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay
21. Mari Girgis district – Coptic and Greek Orthodox
churches and sites:
o the Hanging Church built over the ancient Roman fortress,
o the only open Synagogue in Egypt: Ben Ezra Synagogue,
Oldest Mosque in Egypt - Amr ibn al-As
Surprise visit to Cairo University’s School of Physical
Therapy, meeting with the dean
El Azhar Mosque and surprise visit to Cultural Center for
a Whirling Dervish show
25. Met Ahmed, our guide’s cousin – representative of the
liberal youth
The Citadel – Mohammed Ali Mosque
American University in Cairo tour
1pm lunch with American Studies professors and
students
8pm sleeping train to Luxor
37. Luxor West Bank
Alabaster store
The Mortuary Temple of
Queen Hatshepsut
Medinet Habu Temple in
Luxor, also known as the
Mortuary Temple of
Ramesses III
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40. Edfu
o Took a horse and buggy ride to Horus Temple
Kom Ombo
o Temple of Sobek
Hassan presents a lecture on Nubia
Surprise visit to Hassan’s house
41. Built in the Ptolemaic period
between 237 and 57 BCE
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45. Aswan
Philae Temple
High Dam and Lake Nasser
Feluka Botanical Gardens
7pm train back to Cairo
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51. Arrive in Cairo
Free Day
Day 11 – Flight back to Houston
