Torsten Kjellstrand

Sailing the Nile on at traditional Felucca, Captain Abdul travels as his Egyptian ancestors have for thousands of years. "The Nile is Egypt, Egypt is the Nile," the saying goes. Egyptians have long used the Nile's water to irrigate crops and as a way to float goods and people along the narrow, but ancient, band of civilization along the river's banks. Torsten Kjellstrand photo.