Egypt, Aswan, People in a local ferry on the Nile with sail and oarsmen.

Egypt, Aswan, Luxury Nile cruise ship in December.

Egypt, Near Cairo, Nile Barrage at Qanatar choked with Wadr-el-nil, water Hyacinth.

Egypt, Nile Delta, Rashid, Date picking with man at the top of a tree supported by a rope around his back Rosetta .

Egypt, Nile Valley, Man irrigating fields.

Egypt, Nile Valley, Thebes, Deir al Bahri Temple of Sesedjem. Detail of mural depicting Anubis the jackel headed god of the dead performing a ritual over a mummified corpse.

Sudan, Nuri, El Nuri pyramids on the West bank of the Nile burial place of twenty-one kings and fifty-two queens and princes.

Sudan, El Nuri pyramids on the west bank of the river Nile, burial place of King, Queens and princes.

African lily, Agapanthus, purple flowers with prominent yellow stamen against a white background.

African lily, Agapanthus, purple flowers with prominent yellow stamen against a white background.

African lily, Agapanthus, purple flowers on an umbel shaped flowerhead against a white background.

African lily, Agapanthus, purple flowers on an umbel shaped flowerhead against a white background.