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Jordan and Egypt 2020

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In mid-February we flew to Amman, Jordan to begin a two week travel through time in Jordan and Egypt. Achmad, our tour guide in Jordan introduced us to our driver Hossain and his Time Machine (bus). Sites visited ranged in time from 3000 BC in Egypt to 2035 AD in Jordan.

View across the Dead Sea to the West Bank and Israel. Hebron, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Jericho are all within 35 km of this place.
View across the Jordan to the Holy Land from the top of Mt. Nebo.
Our group at the “Treasury” in Petra
Star Wars and The Martian were filmed in the background.
View from our hotel room in Aswan
Abu Simbel, 1224 BC
Temple of Karnak in Luxor.  Construction at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom (around 2000–1700 BC) and continued into the Ptolemaic period (305–30 BC).
Luxor Temple, constructed approximately 1400 BC.
Tomb of Tut Ankh Amen in the Valley of the Kings, on the west bank of the Nile in Thebes (now Luxor).
View from our “pyramid-view” hotel room in Giza, near Cairo.
Our group in Giza at the Great Pyramid