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Travelers have been marveling at Egypt’s wondrous antiquities for thousands of years — even the ancient Greeks and Romans were awed by them.

But today, a visit to Egypt is more than an immersion into past glories — mud-brick villages sprout TV antennae, stone and glass high-rises tower over ancient monuments and pop music blaring from radios counterpoints the call to prayer.

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By Christopher Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - The art market stumbled on Wednesday when a Vincent van Gogh landscape, painted just before the artist’s death, went unsold and top works by Gauguin and Picasso all came up short at a Sotheby’s auction.With a total take of just under $270 million, Sotheby’s Impressionist and modern art auction fell far short of even its low pre-sale estimate of $355 million. Read the rest of this entry »

I was in Athens, on a rooftop restaurant under a floodlit Acropolis, marveling at how a Greek salad never gets boring. It was the last day of a trip I enjoyed with my wife Anne. I was reviewing, as I always do after completing an itinerary, how effectively our time was spent. We had kept our focus more on seeing historic sights on the mainland rather than luxuriating on Aegean Islands. Given that focus, here are the top 10 stops — in itinerary order — that make what I consider the best two weeks Greece has to offer: Read the rest of this entry »