for christmas 2017, i have one recommendation — luxor, in egypt. one recommendation — luxor, in egypt. as luck would have it the only scheduled flight of the week takes off on december 25th. you leave the midwinter gloom of northern europe behind and touch down in a warm, welcoming city halfway between london and the equator. walking is the ideal way to explore the ruins of karnak on the edge of luxor, then take a ferry across the nile to the valley of the kings. you can easily combine luxor with the egyptian capital, cairo, thanks to the overnight train, or frequent planes between them. just check the latest travel advice before you go. alison is off to vietnam in november, but: first, top marks for choosing to travel to vietnam in november, when the humid summer is over, leaving cool days in the north and warm sunshine in the south. the vast majority of vietnamese traders are honest and friendly and it's an excellent place to sharpen your bargaining skills. ask other tourists, particularly backpackers who've been in vietnam for a while, for guida

i'm in egypt on an undercover journey that will take me to cairo luxor. and london . it's been more than a decade since my last visit and much has happened since then. egypt's revolution is a demand for change that cuts across class religion and gender millions of people poured onto the streets to topple the old regime and later the first democratically elected president the journey was both political and personal for many. people demanded freedom dignity social justice bread and more gender equality. i've come to london to talk to share reno fekete a sexual rights advocate and author of the controversial book sex and the citadel does she believe that egypt is ready for what many are calling a sexual revolution. in egypt and across the arab region we have what are called the three red lines these are subjects that you're not supposed to tackle in word or deed so the first of these red lines is politics and of course that line has been well and truly crossed since two thousand and eleven the second red line is religion one is seeing people ask questions of religion who

relief of the conditions for the locals you can see the tomb was found near the nile of the city of luxor about four hundred miles south of cairo the crumbling statue of the goldsmith and his wife greeted archaeologist in the main chamber. beyond the burial chambers hold other mummies sarcophagus and funerary moussa carved wood along with more statues of the couple following the many objects will go through the. equipment inside the tomb we have the ones that you have all done. and about his wife one of the was one of their sons in the behind you over the to of the song and the figure is through the you have another chart which was used as a video. during the twenty first and twenty second then the news does with the coffins and mamas and the poultry although the tomb is not in good condition archaeologists are hopeful the contents will lead to other discoveries the will could not turn the ship down to one expecting to find more objects and if the idea of that i would not going to accomplish this is only the latest discovery of a series of finds this year in april archaeologists discovere

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the rhythm of daily life in luxor seems to have stayed the same for centuries.ourism is the region's main source of income but the number of tourists has fallen sharply since the revolution i've known mohamed since he was a young boy working on boats with his father tons of change here. says the city it is now it's not many thoughts because about the problems in cairo and like these and tourist it's our life you know. all in my village all people whom we believe they work for towards. men like mohammad who don't earn much money can't afford to get married. everyone need money but because too much at least ten minutes i was in egypt at least and if you want to be medium sometime families they are to choose to the bed so and then your family. they ask about here about health and beauty that's good because they must be good family. after that and you will have engaged if that ok you will fight for all people they you know in a village because they you go to get your life and then you. enjoy it. you can see there is good or not because you don't know anything about

it was found in a burial site on the west bank of the nile, near the city of luxor. 0ur middle east editorjohnston has more. staring out of the past, remains from the world of ancient egypt. they lay here in the darkness, deep beneath the banks of the river nile for well over 3,000 years. now they're emerging from their grave. every detail of their surroundings is being examined. and slowly, the story of this burial place and it's dead is becoming clearer. it's believed that this was the tomb of a goldsmith, and we even find an image of this man captured in the sculpture. he sits beside his wife, who is closed in traditional headwear, and dress. lower down, between their legs, is the outline of another figure, thought to be one of their sons. the archaeologists believe the goldsmith would have dedicated his work to the glorification of the god in. along with the mummies and decorated cottons, the tomb has given up other bridges, including masks, jewellery and figurines. all now on show for the first time. and it's thought this place may have even more to offer, there are plans to keep sear

it was found on the bank of the river nile in the city of luxor.are the mummies of a woman and her two adult children, along with a statue. authorities say they hope the find will lead them to more ancient a rtefa cts . i don't know if you were watching last night but... the 15th series of strictly come dancing began began last night as the celebrity contestants were matched with their professional partners. new head judge, shiley ballas, also made her debut, following len goodman's retirement. tributes were paid to the show‘s former host sir bruce forsyth who died in august at the age of 89. presenters tess daly and claudia winkleman said everyone missed him dearly. what a routine. he would have loved that. and his wife, his children, grandchildren and great—grandchildren, everyone, everyone here, we miss him. he was a legend to so many people but to us he was bruce and his hard work and dedication and professionalism helped to make the show what it is today. didn't he do well? 0bviously nobody had a bad word to say about him but you could tell it

it was found in a burial site on the west bank of the nile, near the city of luxor.m the world of ancient egypt. they lay here in the darkness, deep beneath the banks of the river nile for well over 3,000 years. now they're emerging from their grave. every detail of their surroundings is being examined. and slowly, the story of this burial place and it's dead is becoming clearer. it's believed that this was the tomb of a goldsmith, and we even find an image of this man captured in the sculpture. he sits beside his wife, who is closed in traditional headwear, and a long dress. lower down, between their legs, is the outline of another figure, thought to be one of their sons. the archaeologists believe the goldsmith would have dedicated his work to the glorification of the god amun. along with the mummies and decorated cottons, the tomb has given up other bridges, including masks, jewellery and figurines. all now on show for the first time. and it's thought this place may have even more to offer, there are plans to keep searching for other burial chambers. alan johnston

it was found on the bank of the river nile in the city of luxor.pe the find will lead them to more ancient artefacts. such amazing condition. it is incredible that we can still find things. and now, time for a hit with hugh. and anderson still rocking it at the tender age of 40? here's an unbelievable player and always has been. seven wickets in the second innings yesterday, an unbelievable performance from him. fantastic for the new captain as well. two series wins from two. what will it mean as we approach the ashes at the end of the year? england captainjoe root says his players have the opportunity to do something special in the ashes this winter after they wrapped up a 2—1 series win over the west indies james anderson completed an impressive summer with seven wickets in the windies second innings. it left england with a total of 107 to chase to win the third test, losing just one wicket in the process and while some questions remain over parts of the batting line up — the result does give root optimism ahead of the tour to australia. we have

nobody will be able to provide these people immediately vista proper luxor a health scare a study station where the bunkers and government might i don't not an expert on this might be able to provide about the for its own population this is a different seeing this is an emergency it's a public health the saucer as we look at it right now and if humanitarian aid because that's what's required at this moment go we didn't ations trucks your proper road what they're trucking increase in food distribution this desperate people so there's nothing to do with the bung addition government that's needed is an increase in humanitarian aid and right now and how much time do they have briefly if you if you will i don't understand your question i mean how much are you concerned about time and getting aid to those people who need it i mean what sort of timeframe are we looking at while they will are able to remain safe. we are already very worried at this moment what we see in our clinic our people list the i'd rate he says adult people adult men dying of dehydration in our clinics this is an indication