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The Pyramids at Giza circa 1920's

A silent black & white film of the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza, Egypt from award-winning amateur filmmaker John V. Hansen’s travel footage, c. 1926-1930. The Pyramids at Giza are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. They are the only site from the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” list that are still in existence, and

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A Visit to Cairo's City of the Dead

Cairo’s infamous “City of the Dead” is a centuries old cemetery that has become home to as many as 5 million Egyptians during the last decades. The buildings in the cemetery are like full-blown houses and the cemetery has long had mosques, school and markets. “The historic belief in Egypt is that the cemeteries are an active part of the community and not exclusively for the dead. Egyptians have not so much thought of cemeteries as a place of the dead, but rather a place where life

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HD Video from Spirit Quest: The Alley of the Tent Makers

An unedited clip shot at a friend’s stall in the “Alley of the Tentmakers.”
This is truly authentic Egypt – not a place that tourists visit (though we take all of our groups). This is where you can find the most beautiful, intricate, hand-made quilts & embroidery at truly amazing

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AMAZING period footage from Egypt, 1932.

Here’s an awesome piece of video – it’s period footage from Egypt circa 1932.
For those of you that know Cairo, this footage show a SHOCKINGLY clean city. Since the brits were in charge then the narration has more than just a whiff of colonial prejudice to it. For example…
“Across the street the Dragoman are always

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A Trip to Egypt: The Spirit of Moses

[ February 13, 2009 to February 28, 2009. ] I’m just about to leave for Egypt: Spirit Quest is leading “The Spirit of Moses” for two weeks.

Cairo, Alexandria, Aswan, Philae, Kom Ombo, Luxor, Karnak, Dendarah, Abydos, Edfu, Sakkara, Giza, Wadi Feran, Mt. Moses, St. Catherine’s Monastery.

I am so EXCITED about this trip. We’ll doing a spiritual pilgrimage through Egypt and to Sinai, sailing the Nile

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HD Video from Spirit Quest Tours: The Spirit of Egypt

I’ve just discovered a terrific video streaming/sharing technology for HD video called Vimeo. Since we’re shooting and editing in High Definition these days I was extremely happy to find something that it offered much better quality than Google or You Tube (all the way up to streaming HD), and I decided to repost the “Spirit of Egypt” video using

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