By B.S. Narayanaswamy, Freelance Consultant (Valuation), Bengaluru
Since my child hood, I was fascinated with the History of Egypt, its Pyramids, Pharaohs and their legends and not to forget the Mummies. All this kindled my fascination to visit this country and my dream came true last month. A serious traveller should not visit Egypt unless he acquires some basic knowledge of Egyptian History. Internet helped me in this regard. Egypt was ruled by Pharaohs from 2920 BC to 323 BC before it became a part of Greek and Roman empires and lost its independent existence. During this period, 31 Dynasties and about 400 Kings ruled Egypt. From Abu Simbel to Alexandria which tracks the flow of Nile river from South to North, there are plenty of temples, tombs, Mummies and obelisks that seem to tell the mankind of their glorious civilization. Further when you travel from one place to another and one temple to another in Egypt, the history takes different pages of different dynasty and co-relating them would become difficult.
