What to bring from Egypt?

Let's start with a shallow "souvenir", which can be brought from Egypt. For example, figurines of pyramids from various materials can be bought not only insouvenir shops, but also right in the desert, during the excursion. But with the "desert" traders need to be cautious: first they offer a souvenir in the guise of a gift, and then, when you have already picked it up, begins to demand a fee.

In addition to the figures of the pyramids, it is possible to buy scarfs-"arafatki" of various colors (not necessarily black and white) or figures of scarabs for approximately the same price. The beetle is one of the symbols of Egypt. Scarab figures are made of a variety of materials - wood, stone, clay - and you can buy them at a ridiculous price. But a scarab must have legs, a legless scarab is a funerary symbol.

Even in souvenir shops selling various statuettes in the form of cats, pharaohs, ancient Egyptian gods fromstone or metal. But traders quite often give out for the stone and metal products the painted plaster. Scratch the statue with a fingernail: the gypsum will be easy to scrape off the paint. When buying a cat figure, make sure that it is without a snake: like a scarab without legs, a cat with a snake is a negative symbol.

If you want something more expensive and solid, you can bring it from Egypt Jewelry, which depicts the ancient Egyptiansymbolism. But souvenirs made of precious metals can not be bought from hands or in shops that are not trustworthy. Do not be lazy to go to the jewelry store and together with the purchase demand a check.

Probably, you can not go to Egypt and not bring from there papyrus. Of course, the inhabitants of Egypt instead of papyrus for a long timehave already switched to ordinary paper, but as a souvenir it is still sold. By and large, papyrus is a picture made on an unusual "canvas". Like jewelry, papyrus can not be bought with hands and cheap shops. In paintings from this papyrus, the picture is neat, the papyrus itself can be folded or folded without damaging it.

It is best to buy papyrus in specializedshops and workshops, then you will be insured from the fact that instead of papyrus you will be sold cheap imitation of palm leaves or rice paper. In good stores, along with the purchase issued certificate of authenticity. Note that real papyrus can not be too cheap.

You can also bring from Egypt essential oils - Perfumery and medical. Perfumery oils can be flavored with laundry, added to baths, etc. They can not replace perfume, because such oils are sold in a diluted form. Healing oils are sold in pharmacies or shops selling spices. An English abstract is attached to each oil, indicating how it should be applied.

If you want to bring delicious souvenirs from Egypt, be sure to buy karkade. Tea from the petals of hibiscus (Sudanese rose)is considered to be a national drink in Egypt. In a good carcade there are no impurities and debris, if it is rubbed between the fingers, it stains them red. The best carcade is sold in Aswan, Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh. In addition to karkade, you can bring ground coffee with cardamom from Egypt (preferably immediately buy a Turk), spices (turmeric, saffron, pepper, ground cumin (ziru), a mixture of "bakharat") and a variety of sweets.

Original souvenir from Egypt - "Cafe Maryam" ("The hand of Mary"). In appearance it is a bunch of dry grass, but if it is put in water, after a few days it will cover with small blue flowers. The Egyptians believe in the ability of "kaf Maryam" to bring luck in business.

Men can bring a hookah from Egypt, and women - cotton dresses and loinclair embroidered with beads, bugles and monsters. Good hookah (shisha) can not be too small. Buy not ready assembled hookahs, and demountable, heavy metal - they are better. To the hookah necessarily buy coal and tobacco.

And remember that from Egypt you should not bring figurines of jackals, sphinxes and sarcophagi - local people consider them symbols of death. And seashells and corals are a national treasure, so they prohibited to export.

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