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Karnak obelisk  
   

Karnak obelisk

One of the few obelisks that hasn't been stolen by the Turks, French, Italians, Germans or British, and still stands where it was placed 3500 years ago at Karnak
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April 20th 2007
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Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

Egyptian Flag The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more
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