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 | An Exotic Last Night in Egypt, & Some Thoughts, Egypt, Part 13
09/13/2010
Since it was 108º that day in Giza/Cairo no one, except me, in our group of four wanted to venture into Cairo from Giza after lunch (45 min. to an hour taxi ride we were told); so, they enjoyed the swimming pool, & I stayed in our air-conditioned room res
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 | Treasures in a Building & in a Bazaar Egypt, Part 11
08/25/2010
The Egyptian Museum was founded by a Frenchman, Auguste Mariette, and first opened in 1863. It outgrew two buildings before settling in this one in 1902. More than 120,000 items of pharaonic antiquities are on display here with another 150,000 items rep
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 | A Few Egyptian Firsts Egypt, Part 12
08/23/2010
This was to be our last day in Egypt, and our guide said hed saved the best for last. We were off to visit the site of the oldest capital of ancient Egypt and then to its important necropolis nearby, considered one of the richest archaeological s
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 | The Pyramids of Giza & The Father of Terror Egypt, Part 10
08/02/2010
It was nearly 5,000 years ago when Giza, a suburb of Cairo, became the royal burial ground for Memphis, then the capital of Egypt (about 25 miles south of Cairo). In less than 100 years three pyramid complexes were constructed to serve as tombs for the k
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