Egypt

Buying train tickets in Luxor

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May 27th 2009
I was in Luxor having managed to find a week-long break at the last minute within my close-to-breadline budget. An undergraduate at the time, I was squeezing my studies around several different part-time jobs as I struggled to juggle a mortgage with the latest thinking on St Augustine’s doctrine of just war. Over the summer I had managed to claw my way back into black from the overdraft that jus ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

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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