Town of Mallawi

I'm Canadian, Eh? Lying and Bribing in Middle Egypt

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January 28th 2008
So I'll start with a warning - this could get long! Yesterday was my big adventure "off the beaten path" and into Middle Egypt, where the average tourist rarely goes. My destinations were the tombs at Beni Hassan and the ruins and tombs of Tell el Amarna. Tell el Amarna was briefly the capital of Egypt while the "heretic" king Akhetaten was in power for a very short time. His wife was Nefertiti ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Middle Egypt » Minya

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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