Bowen (FF 1079) - Naval Cruise Book

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I Pyramids, museum explored ! On August 9, BOW- En arrived in Alex- andria, Egypt for a five day port visit. Alexan- dria and Cairo, the capital, are the two major cities in Egypt. The country depends on the riile River, which flows the length of the country AW An KEVin tlARRlnOTOn. left, stands amidst the giant stones tiiat form the base of one of the Great t ' ramids of Oizeh. (Photograph by ttAA tlolt.) 2 GREG MA TTtlEI. beloiv. prepares mount a camel near the Great •amids. (Fhotograph b) MN3 So- from South to north, for its fertility. The vast majority of Egypt ' s inhabitants live in cities along the Piile Riv- er. Egypt is a predominant- ly agricultural land. Arabic is the official language, and most Egytians are Sunni Muslims. Almost all of the crew took advantage of inex- pensive one or two day tours of Cairo. On the way to the Great Pyramids of Qizeh and the Cairo Na- tional Museum, tour buses stopped at the tomb of An- war Sadat, president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981. Just outside the city limits of Cairo, Bowen sail- ors toured the Great Pyramids of Qizeh, and the Great Sphinx, which date from the IV dynasty (2680- 2565 B. C). In Cairo, crew members spent several hours at the national Mu- seum, which features the contents of the tomb of King Tutankhamen, dis- covered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922 at Luxor, Egypt. re 2 EUOEI E CHRISTOPHER, above, stands guard at the tomb of slain Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Cairo. (Staff photo graph. ) n CHRISTOPHER DAVlDSOn. Lit left, holds the reins of a camel ill Cairo, Egypt. (Staff photo gijph. I STG3 TODD JOHI SOI . left, stands in the foreground of the Great Pyramids. (Staff photo- graph. ) bertyCall 15

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m KURT NCCAULEY. right stands in front of two of the three Great Pyramids of Oizeh outside Cairo, Egypt (Staff photograph.) BELOW. OriE OE the many camel drivers who met BOW En S tour group at the pyramids shares an affectionate moment with his camel. (Photograph by HNC Quarm. ) LTJG TtlOR SIMEnSEn. below, stands in front of the Great Sphinx and one of the Great Pyramids of Oizeh. (Staff photo- graph. ) Tut exhibit awes crew For the over 150 crew mem- bers who took the one or two day tour to Cairo, a world of priceless ancient art was opened to them. In addition to the Great Pyramids of Qizeh, the highlight of the tours had to be the Cairo National Museum ' s display of ar- tifacts from King Tutankhamen ' s tomb. Tutankhamen, more com- monly known as King Tut, was an Egyptian King of the XVIII dy- nasty, fie ruled in 1350 B. C. Tutankhamen ' s tomb was found almost intact in 1922 by English Egyptologists Howard Carter and the Earl of Carnavon. The contents of the tomb reflect the rich sophistication of the Ar- mana period of Egyptian art ( 1372 - 1350 B. C.) Perhaps the most widely recognized artifact from the tomb is the gold mask of Tutank- hamen. BOWEn sailors examined the mask, which is housed in a glass case, at the national Muse- um. Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1922 at Luxor, Egypt. They had been excavating in Egypt since 1906. , )•Ol7• THE sri rnivn h.j.sa (omiiol I iiljnhh.inicn s tlispKi n.ilionji A iASi-i;;;? in (.) ;( Ti; 14 Liberty Call

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