RickCollier > Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Cairo, Egypt -- Spices for sale at a small stand in the Khan bazaar. © Rick Collier / RickCollier.com




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RickCollier > Karnak, outside Luxor, Egypt.  Statue of Sekhmet, Temple of Ptah.  Sekhmet the powerful was the Egyptian goddess of war.  The small shrine is found several hundred yards from the main temple, across open ground at the side wall of the temple.  Given a little bakshish, the caretaker will admit visitors and then go open the roof opening to admit a single beam of sunlight, lighting the black statue.  The home of Amon (the Sun God), Karnak was the center of Egyptian spiritual life during the middle and late kingdoms.  It was continuously being improved by successive pharoahs over a period of about 1300 years. © Rick Collier






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RickCollier > Red Sea, Egypt -- A pair of anemonefish ("clown fish") seek refuge in the stinging cells of an anemone's tentacles.  The anemonefish is not naturally immune to the sting of an anemone, but over time coats itself in secretions of its "home" anemone so that the stinging cells do not fire when touched by this particular fish. © Rick Collier / RickCollier.com.



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RickCollier > Red Sea, Egypt -- A colorful scalefin anthea briefly emerges above a bed of soft corals. © Rick Collier / RickCollier.com.





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RickCollier > Red Sea, Egypt -- A school of glassfish (sweepers) and some of the ubiquitous antheas hover near a coral head. © Rick Collier / RickCollier.com.




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RickCollier > Red Sea, Egypt -- An anemone. © Rick Collier / RickCollier.com.





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RickCollier > Nile River, Esna, Egypt -- Vendors and merchants in small boats hawk their wares to passengers on cruise ships stopping at Esna, where the ships must wait in turn to pass through the locks at the dam there.  Vendors in small boats at Esna throw their goods to passengers aboard ships, who then shout negotiations and either return the goods or throw back the money.  The vendors are not permitted aboard the ships, and the ship crews work to prevent any boats from tying up to the ships.   © Rick Collier / RickCollier.com.



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RickCollier > Nile River, Egypt -- Feluccas set out from their village first thing in the morning. © Rick Collier / RickCollier.com.



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RickCollier > Aswan, Egypt -- Feluccas get underway to join the tourist crowd at Aswan in the late afternoon, as sunset approaches. © Rick Collier / RickCollier.com.


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Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Cairo, Egypt -- Spices for sale at a small stand in the Khan bazaar. © Rick Collier / RickCollier.com




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RickCollier > Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Cairo, Egypt -- Spices for sale at a small stand in the Khan bazaar. © Rick Collier / RickCollier.com




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Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Cairo, Egypt -- Spices for sale at a small stand in the Khan bazaar. © Rick Collier / RickCollier.com




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