Camels in Egypt

This is a classic image Egypt- camels in front of the pyramids.  The shortest cruise-ship stop-offs in Cairol include a camel ride in front of the Giza pyramids.  In general, the camels are cooperative and their drivers are always williing to take a photo of you on top of their beast Recently these camels took a walk and turned up in the middle of Tahrir Square in Cairo.  This was in February 2011, during the protests.

Where did camels originate? According to a Bedouin legend, camels originated with the Jews. It was in an encounter in antiquity between the Bedouins and Jews, in which a group of Bedouins defeated the Jews and took their camels.  From that time, according to the legend, Bedouins have had camels and the Jews became farmers of sheep and goats.

Scientists tell us that camels do not have an Arabian origin. Fossil evidence suggests that the camel's original habitat was America.  It was domesticated in North Africa and imported into Arabia. Camels are mentioned in the Bible.

This photo was taken at an Eyptian camel market.  Egypt's largest camel market is at Birqash which is 35
km outside of Cairo.

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