The Sphinx

Walk like an Egyptian

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August 12th 2006
After leaving Crete and Greece on Thursday I'm now into the second half of my trip: Egypt! Getting here was an absolute mission though. My plane was scheduled to leave Heraklion (Crete) at 11.10pm for Athens and from there flying to Cairo leaving at 12.50am. However we were delayed leaving Heraklion until 12.00am (the London terrorist scare had flights all stuffed up) which put the Cairo connect ... 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