Travel: 4 things to know about Egypt before you go there

The allure of ancient Egypt, home to the earliest civilization we can experience, continues to tug across time.
The King Tut exhibition now at L.A.’s California Science Center — more than 150 artifacts from the world’s most celebrated Egyptian tomb – offers a jaw-dropping but minuscule preview of what you’ll see along the Nile River.
If Tut’s treasures have whetted your appetite, of if you’ve just dreamed of crawling in pyramids, wandering through massiv