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They carved their names into statues of pharaohs and took cruises down the Nile. Mary Beard describes what happened when a party of elite Roman holidaymakers – led by the emperor Hadrian – descended on ancient Egypt’s tourist hotspots in AD 130
Cruising the Nile
Colossus of Memnon
Pharaoh Amenhotep III
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