Egypt   "Egypt is the gift of the Nile." So wrote the Greek scholar, Herodotus. From the cities to rural villages, where life goes on as it did thousands of years ago, a cruise along the Nile is like watching 5,000 years of culture unfold before your eyes. Marvel at the contrasts as you sail past simple villages surrounded by luxuriant palm groves, fertile plantations, romantic desert hills, lush oases, modern cities and ancient colonnaded temples and pyramids. Nothing could prepare you for the visual and cultural feast of Egypt. Discover Cairo, home to the iconic Pyramids and the Sphinx, built by the hands of extraordinary people over 5,000 years ago. Travel to Luxor, constructed upon the ancient city of Thebes, where you will be awestruck by its phenomenal temple and breathtaking monuments. Visit the impressive and incomparable sites of Abu Simbel, Memphis and the Step Pyramid of Zoser in Sakkara, the Temple of Karnak, and the Great Sphinx. Explore the glories of the world's oldest civilization, in a style once reserved only for pharaohs, on a Uniworld Grand River Cruise.