Alexandria

Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about 32 km (20 miles) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central states, but also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving about 80% of Egypt's imports and exports.

In Alexandria there is a sphinx and the ancient Roman theater. The Great Lighthouse included in the Seven Wonders of the World. Many tourists are interested to visit Alexandria as a very beautiful place.

Alexandria was founded around a small pharaonic town c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great. It remained the capital of Egypt for nearly a thousand years, until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the year 641, when a new capital was founded at Fustat (Fustat later absorbed into Cairo).

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Red sea

Red Sea is a bay in the west of the Arabian Peninsula that separates the continents of Asia with Africa. Path to the sea in the south through Babul Mandib and Gulf of Aden while in the north are the Sinai Peninsula and the Suez Canal. This sea where widest is 300 km and a length of 1,900 km with its deepest point 2500 m.

Scientific explanations say that the red color on the surface appears due to a growing Trichodesmium erythraeum. There is also explaining that the name comes from the mineral-rich mountains around it and red. Red Sea water itself is not different from the other sea water.

Red Sea becomes a tale of yore when Moses parted the Red Sea with his staff at the time of Prophet Moses and his followers the Israelites fled from the pursuit of Pharaoh. Suez Canal connects the Red Sea (Egypt) to the Mediterranean Sea. Red Sea have biodiversity, coral reefs, atolls and salinity (salt content) is high. Although many dangerous species in the Red Sea, but did not dampen the divers to enjoy its beauty.

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Luxor

Luxor is a modern city located on both east and west banks of the Nile in northern Egypt. Built in the former location of Thebes, the capital of the famous ancient Egyptian (2052 BC). Pharaoh kings reigned here, creating a civilization that the world has never seen before.

In Luxor there are many historical sites such as ancient Egyptian monuments lies, the ruins of temples and tombs as well as the largest outdoor museum. Tourism becomes a mainstay of the economy of Luxor residents.

Desert lands of the west in the past known as the "city of death" means the place where all the successors god Amun was buried along with the wealth that can be brought into eternal life (according to their beliefs). Keep records of art collections and archaeological records of ancient Egypt are plentiful, some even traced back to 3000 BC. Recent excavations carried out over a small tomb of Pharaoh, Tutankhamun, filled with gold jewelry, sculpture and securities.

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