The Great Sphinx

A classic shot of the beautiful testiment to an ancient past.


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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]
Blog: Craziness in Cairo, Pyramids in Giza, and a Huge Stone Cat
Date: February 3rd 2008

First impressions and hasty generalizations often lead a person to form misguided opinions with regards to a country and its people. As has been the case with so many people I have met throughout my travels, people I meet are often shocked that I don’t fit their general stereotype of the “average American”. My usually response to such comments is that I happen to be 1 of nearly 300,000,000 ... read more







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