More History in Cairo 1. Hope your not in rooms 4044-4122, the wall might get in the way

More History in Cairo

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June 12th 2010
Today we get picked up later because we will not be coming back to the hotel before we catch our train to Aswan tonight. We were going to be picked up at 10am but they are a bit late due to a car accident on the main road in and out of the city. MUMMIES, KING TUT AND ALL THAT STUFF First up we head to the Cairo Museum, it’s a huge red building in the middle of the city so it makes it easy to ... 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