What we are seeing is the village near Luxor, which is characterized by the typical houses built with mud and straw.
　　Some of these houses have been painted with colorful drawings, which are very curious. Aeroplanes, departures, ships and scenes from journeys. These painted walls tell us about the Islamic custom of going on a pilgrimage to Mecca. A duty which should be carried out at least once in a lifetime, an event that is to be passed down to descendants with a vivid fresco.
　　The population on the Nile has grown at a dizzying rate, giving rise to a great metropolis of the size of Cairo the second most populous city in the world.
　　To see the swarming crowds in the capital it would seem that the lesson of Ramese II, whose colossal stature is located near Cairo's Central Station, is still alive in Egypt. Ramses II had more than a hundred children and in Egypt today a baby is born every 20 seconds. The population is very young and half of its 54 million inhabitants are under 20 years old.
　　These solemn states are almost participants in modern life. You can almost find your ideas about the Nile reflected in their eyes.

　 现在我们见到的是位于卢克索附近的村庄。其标志性房屋是用泥和稻草砌成的。
　　一些屋外画着彩色的画，有些画很罕见。飞机，离别，轮船以及旅途中的景象。壁画讲述着伊斯兰教徒去麦迦朝圣的习俗。那是教徒一生中至少要履行一次的责任，鲜活的壁画的也将代代相传。
　　现在，尼罗河沿岸人口激增，首都开罗已经是世界人口最多的第2大城市。
　　看着熙来攘往的人群，仿佛又看到了莱比西斯二世的故事重现。他的塑像早已矗立在开罗中央车站。莱比西斯二世有一百多个孩子，而今天的埃及每20秒就有一个新生命诞生。当地人口年轻化，5千4百万人口中，有一半不满20岁。
　　而肃穆的法老像似乎也在参与着后人的生活。也许，你能从他的眼中读到关于尼罗河的种种证实。