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Recreation and Travel: Egypt

Includes tourism, sports, food and drink, links to embassies, U.S. State Department advisories.

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Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/en/countries/Egypt)
Major portal site that links a number of other websites on all the Arab countries. ontains up-to-date information on the political, business, social, cultural and religious aspects of a particular country. Just click on the name of the country for information in English and Arabic.

American Institute of Pyramidology (http://www.greatpyramid.org/aip/)
It focuses its studies on the Great Pyramid of Egypt.

Ancient Egypt Webquest (http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm)
"Elementary and middle students can now enjoy locating information on ancient Egypt! Learn about ancient Egyptian daily life, Egyptian mummies, Egyptian hieroglyphics, King Tut (Tutankhamen), Egyptian games, and archeology."

Arab Net (http://www.arab.net/)
Major Arab website that contains information on the government, history, geography, business, culture, transport, tourism of each country, and provides links to other relevant websites.

Bird Links to the World: Egypt (http://www.bsc-eoc.org/links/links.jsp?page=l_afr_eg)
Birding in Egypt provided by BirdLife International.

Dive Africa Watersports: Sharm El Sheikh (http://www.diveafrica.com/redsea/index.html)
Sharm El Sheikh, Red Sea Scuba diving.

Egypt Magic (http://www.egyptmagic.com/)
Site of an Egyptian travel and tour company. Tours of Egypt "[g]uided by knowledgeable, friendly and flexible escorts."

EgyptAir (http://www.egyptair.com.eg/english/)
EgyptAir operates more than 400 weekly flights from Cairo and several other Egyptian cities to more than 66 International
and domestic destinations in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. Contact details, flight schedules, and travel advice.

Fares.net English: (http://www.fares.net/en/) Arabic: (http://www.fares.net/ar/)
Directory of websites on a wide range of subjects including tourism, entertainment, culture, the media, news and business in English and Arabic. Search under the name of the country.

Guardian's Egypt (http://www.guardians.net/egypt/)
Provides links to sites that feature all aspects of ancient Egypt.

Lonely Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/africa/egypt)
Information on travel, attractions, history, culture, and environment of Egypt.

Nile Cruises (http://www.cruisenile.com/nile_cruise_companies.cfm)
Guide to several Nile cruise companies, includes expected prices

Tour Egypt! (http://touregypt.net/)
Egypt guide for travel and tours, modern and ancient Egypt.

Tour and Travel Web Search for Egypt (http://www.egyptbot.com/search.ihtml)
Search covers tour operators, Nile cruisers, restaurants, maps, dive centers, books and videos on Egypt.

Travel Document Systems (http://www.traveldocs.com/)
A source for information about the documents required for travel to a particular country. The forms themselves are offered in PDF format as well as basic travel information.

U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c3729.htm)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on the State Department’s official site by searching under a particular country’s name.

Valley of the Kings (http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/2815/)
Takes the visitor on a virtual tour of the Valley of the Kings of ancient Egypt..

World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/)
The official site of the WHO offers text in English, French or Spanish on its mission and health initiatives, programs and warnings world wide.

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