Sudan ... Ancient Nubia November 19 - December 03, 2010

Sudan, Africa’s largest country, has more than 500 tribes, each with its own dialect, traditions, and dance making it the most diverse nation on the continent. The Nile flowing from its sources through Sudan and into Egypt is the link that has influenced the lives of its people. Along the banks of the river and in the valley of the Sahara Desert are many interesting archaeological sites from the Egyptian and Meroitic civilizations that have seldom been seen by the public, including more pyramids than in Egypt! Come and explore magnificent monuments, tombs and temples set in a landscape of impressive natural wonders of as you travel through the desert and along the Nile of Sudan’s mysterious north. An ancient land once known as Nubia.