Nevertheless, a Nile cruise remains one of the classic journeys that everyone should make at least once.

We learned that all Nile cruises visit the same three sites.

A popular 13-day package costs $3,249 with air travel and a Nile cruise, Mr. Michael said.

Most Nile cruise boats do not have a ship's doctor, but some employ a medical practitioner of uncertain qualification.

From $6,590 to $8,255, including shore excursions, hotel stay and Nile cruise.

One of the Khedive's many sons has rented a yacht for a short Nile cruise.

In Luxor, passengers will take a three-night Nile cruise.

There are many nineteenth-century journals describing Nile cruises and trips to climb the pyramids.

In 1983 they took a Nile cruise and interrupted it with a day trip to Abu Simbel.

And in the winter of 1992 to 1993, Americans who had planned Nile cruises in Egypt wondered if they should stay home instead.