Today we can look at the Nile, its temples, and the ancient monuments that line its banks from Abu Simbel to Alexandria, and ask a question that has no clean answer: how much of what we’re seeing was planned as one thing, rather than many separate things built across centuries? Some say the ancients may…
This post was originally published on 15 Sept 2025 but completely rewritten and Last updated: 16 June 2026 If you would like to arrange exclusive access to places such as the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx, the Osirion, or the Sekhmet Chapel solely for yourself, your family, or your own group, the cost is approx €3,000…
Twenty-three years in Egypt. More clients than I can remember now and always — questions about Nile cruises and dahabiyas. And for most of that time, my answer about dahabiyas was the same: the idea is better than the reality. The concept is beautiful — a traditional Egyptian sailing vessel, small and intimate, gliding silently…
The Only Tomb in the World Where You Can Sit With a Mummy. Could You Survive It? Could you sit alone in the dark with a three-thousand-year-old mummy? Not metaphorically. Not in a museum with lighting and other tourists and a gift shop twenty metres away. Actually alone. After dark. In the tomb. In the…
When a traveler sees unfinished buildings, their brain makes a quick judgment. But what looks like poverty to an outsider is actually a multi-generational family home — no mortgage, no babysitter needed, no nursing home. Mara House offers high-end travelers something no marble lobby can: a chance to understand Egypt, not just see it.
He carved her face into temples, aligned the sun to kiss their statues, and prayed for her soul in eternity. In Egypt, His name was Ramses II and she was… Nefertari
Many years ago, I followed a guide through a hidden portal in Karnak Temple and discovered a secret sanctuary of Sekhmet. A story of fire, power, and the lessons of control in the presence of a goddess.
Thutmoses III’s tomb, strange energy, a palpable connection it evokes with history. Mara’s eerie experience and an uncanny affinity that transcends time.