Egypt at the Expo

Also Egypt sold some cards at the Expo.

Two of the cards show the Giza Necropolis. The Giza Necropolis includes the Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx. The Great Pyramids are the last of the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World that still exists. The Giza Necropolis is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur" since 1979. 

Another card shows a map of the Nile and Egypt highlighting some important remains of Ancient Egypt.

I also bought a card of the Karnak Temple Complex. The Karnak Temple Complex is one of the largest remaining temple complex of Ancient Egypt. It is a striking testimony to Egyptian civilisation at its height. Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis, including the Karnak Temple Complex, is since 1979 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The other cards I bought show the Colossi of Memnon and the Funerary cult of Seti I.

Egypt: Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Today I got eight postcards: one from Egypt, my first two cards from Guernsey, two from Germany, one from Brazil, one from Japan and one from Vietnam.

The card from Egypt shows a statue at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The Egyptian Museum has a collection of 120000 items of the ancient Egyptian history. It houses the World’s largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities. It was founded in 1835 by the Egyptian government and in 1902 it made its final move to the current building at the Tahrir Square after it already had moved twice.

Stamp:
Definitive (from set of three) (issued 07-10-2013)

Thank You very much Lilly!

Egypt: Saint Catherine's Monastery

Today I got two postcards: my first card from Egypt and one from Croatia.

Egypt is a country in northeast Africa and southwest Asia (Sinai) bordering on Libya, Sudan, Israel and the Gaza Strip. In Egypt one of the first advanced civilisations of the World arose. The capital of Egypt is Cairo. 

The card shows the Saint Catherine's Monastery on Sinai. The monastery was founded between 548 and 568 and is thus the oldest monastery of the Christianity being still in use. According to the legend God appears Moses as Burning Bush at the Mount Horeb near the monastery. Here got Moses also the Tablets of the Law. The area is sacred to the three world religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism). Because of its isolated location it is one of the few monasteries that was never destroyed. Since 2002 is the Saint Catherine Area an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

With nice stamp:
World Post Day (issued 09-10-2013)

Thank You very much David!