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Eid al Adha

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November 19th 2010
While on the taxi ride back from the Ramesseum I apparently deeply impressed my taxi driver with a visual demonstration of what I imagined the next day, the Eid-al- adha, would be like. My fantasy including families giddily massacring animals in the streets, children playing covered in blood through muddy streets... gloriously my enthusiasm got me an invitation to spend the day with him and his f ... 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