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Dahabeah on the Nile, 1891. Until the 1870s the dahabiya was the standard for tourists to travel up and down the river Nile. According to Donald Reid, in 1858 "a forty-day round trip from Cairo to Luxor cost about £110; a fifty-day trip to Aswan and back, about £150". [2]
Cruise the Nile in a luxury dahabiya from Nour El Nil, or sail around Scotland's Outer Hebrides in the Hebridean Princess. Sail Through History—On the Nile Like the Pharaohs Did, in Scotland ...
Boats on the Qustul Incense burner, fragments and reconstitution (3200-3000 BCE) The Nile River is a major resource for the people living along it, especially thousands of years ago. The El Salha Archaeological Project discovered an abundance of evidence of an ancient boat that traveled the Nile River dating back to 3,000 years ago.
Felucca on the Nile at Luxor. A felucca [a] is a traditional wooden sailing boat with a single sail used in the Mediterranean, including around Malta and Tunisia.However, in Egypt, Iraq and Sudan (particularly along the Nile and in the Sudanese protected areas of the Red Sea), its rig can consist of two lateen sails as well as just one.
In service for Peace Boat: Built as the Sun Princess for Princess Cruises: Minerva: 1996 1996-2017 Laid up, for sale Hull built in 1989, and originally intended as a Soviet research vessel, the Okean, completed as a cruise ship for Swan Hellenic in 1996 Veendam: 1996 1996-2020 Laid up, owned by Seajets: Built as the Veendam for Holland America ...
PS Sudan is a passenger-carrying side-wheel paddle steamer on the River Nile in Egypt. [1] Along with PS Arabia, she was one of the largest river steamers in Thomas Cook's Nile fleet. [4] The steamer was built in 1885 for the Egyptian royal family. It was transformed into a cruise liner in 1921. [5]
Thalamegos (plural: Thalamegoi) was a type of houseboat, yacht, or barge mainly found in the Nile River, Egypt. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They were used as freight carriers and ferry . The most famous and largest thalamegos was a huge twin-hulled catamaran , a two-story Nile River palace barge that was commissioned by Hellenistic king Ptolemy IV Philopator ...
River cruise ships with accommodation facilities offer longer cruises. According to Douglas Ward, "A river cruise represents life in the slow lane, sailing along at a gentle pace, soaking up the scenery, with plentiful opportunities to explore riverside towns and cities en route. It is a supremely calming experience, an antidote to the pressures of life in a fast-paced wor