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...upper Egypt, her exhausting itinerary included treks to the distant temples of Luxor, Karnak and Abu Simbel, with the Aswan dam thrown in. Through it all, she asked enthusiastic questions, and the ordeal was considerably mitigated by the warmth of the Sadats. Said the Egyptian President: "You are a part of Henry's family here...
...race, held at Luxor, 420 miles south of Cairo, will be followed by a second at Cairo today. Harvard, the winner of the regatta last year, will face the same British and American crews plus the Cairo Police and at least one Egyptian university eight...
Before the race the oarsmen attended consecration ceremonies and festivities at the Temple of Luxor which adjoins the course. The races, re-enactments of annual ceremonies held in the Valley of the Kings over 3000 years ago, are designed to celebrate the past and stimulate Egyptian tourism...
This is the record year that Harvard has been invited by the Egyptian government to row against teams from Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, the University of Cairo and the Cairo Police Rowing Club. Last year the Crimson swept the Nile regatta, winning races at Luxor and Cairo...
...intimate antihijack body check; still, four mid-air hijackings have been foiled, while another plane was shot at by anti-Jordanian guerrillas while taking off. After leaving Beirut, Alia Caravelles must fly out over the Mediterranean toward Cyprus and then to Mersa Matruh, swing inland over Egypt to Luxor, turn again to cross the Red Sea and fly north over Saudi Arabia to reach Amman. The nonstop flight lasts four hours and consumes nearly every drop of fuel. "It is just within range with nothing to spare," says Alia Director Ali Ghandour. "If a hijacker demands to go to some...