Well we're back now, but this is how it all got started:
Steve: I loved that movie "Stargate", you know the one where they translated some Egyptian hieroglyphs unearthed in Egypt allowing them to enter coordinates into a stargate to create a wormhole to another planet ... they find themselves in another pyramid like the great pyramid at Giza ... in a land like ancient Egypt and the humans there are still a primitive culture that worship Ra, the God of the Sun ...
Faiza: Hmm, so you're interested in Egypt, Hieroglyphs, The Pyramids and Ancient Egyptian mythology?
Steve: You've got that look in your eyes again ...
Faiza: Itinerary created (Abu Simbel, Nile cruise including: West Bank - Valley of the Kings, temple of Queen Hatshepsut and Memnon + East Bank - Karnak and Luxor Temples, Red Sea, Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Sakkara and Memphis, Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque, then fly to Jordan: the Nymphaeum and the Temple of Artemis, the Dead Sea, Madaba, Mt. Nebo, Kerak, Petra, Wadi Rum), flights booked - we're going!.
Steve: Um? ... Huh? ... What just happened then?
"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."
- Mae West