The Sphinx and Khafre

Egypt

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June 4th 2009
CAIRO We decided to skip Europe for the time being as we'd already seen it and it was a bit too expensive. So we booked a cheap flight to Cairo. Sometimes cheap plane tickets are cheap for a reason. Take for instance our flight to Cairo, there is nothing quite like arriving in a new country at 1 o'clock in the morning, trying to navigate immigration and arrange transport when the hot ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

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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