{"id":67,"date":"2007-06-02T00:04:41","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T14:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=67"},"modified":"2007-06-02T00:04:41","modified_gmt":"2007-06-01T14:04:41","slug":"splendours-of-egypt-what-to-buy-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/egypt\/splendours-of-egypt\/splendours-of-egypt-what-to-buy-in-egypt","title":{"rendered":"Splendours of Egypt &#8211; What to buy in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Egypt is a great place to shop if you&#8217;d like to impress your friends or family with exotic\u00a0gifts.\u00a0 The quality of the goods is variable, so it&#8217;s important not to buy the first thing that you come across.\u00a0 As mentioned in a previous blog, the same goods can be found all over the place and it&#8217;s a case of doing\u00a0preliminary research before making your\u00a0round of purchases.\u00a0 Even though I&#8217;m quite immune to souvenirs and nick nacks that ultimately collect dust at home, I was pretty attracted by things like the intricate perfume bottles, jewelry boxes inlaid with mother of pearl and brightly woven scarves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We were on the lookout for a copy of the 18th century bust of Queen Nefertiti, but didn&#8217;t see any of good enough quality.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re part of an organized tour, you will no doubt\u00a0be taken to a perfume factory.\u00a0 We visited the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Egypt\/Aswan\/DSC_0981.jpg.html\">Sultan Palace Perfumes<\/a> where we were first entertained with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Egypt\/Aswan\/DSC_0977.jpg.html\">perfume bottle making<\/a> and then we got to try the many perfumes that they produce there.\u00a0 You could get scents of any of the famous brands there and they claim that their perfumes are more concentrated than the branded goods as it&#8217;s 100% fragrance without alchohol.\u00a0\u00a0I tried a few, like Chanel No. 5, Dior and Samsara and they smelled like the real thing, although I later found that they did not last as long as the commercial stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Papyrus paintings is another thing that&#8217;s popular there.\u00a0 We saw some really exquisite work at the factory, however I&#8217;m glad that we didn&#8217;t end up buying any as they just don&#8217;t fit in with our home decor.\u00a0 And last but not least alabaster.\u00a0 The use of alabaster dates back to the period of the pharoahs and was used for all kinds of purposes, including household items, ritual objects and funerals.\u00a0 Today, we see them made into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Egypt\/ValleyKings\/DSC_0692.jpg.html\">beautiful vases <\/a>and lamps.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt is a great place to shop if you&#8217;d like to impress your friends or family with exotic\u00a0gifts.\u00a0 The quality of the goods is variable, so it&#8217;s important not to buy the first thing that you come across.\u00a0 As mentioned in a previous blog, the same goods can be found all over the place and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-splendours-of-egypt"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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