Guards at the Egyptian Museum

Serious guards here

June 1st 2007
Wednesday, MAY 30 Today we began the first day of our organized trip from Cairo to Istanbul by visiting the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and then driving a few miles to the pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza. The Egyptian Museum is full of what you would expect; mummies, sarcophagusses (burial boxes for mummies), statues of gods, kings, pyramid architects, and other period items from the period of ... read more

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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

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Bill Clayton

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NEW TRIP---Starts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on New Years Eve 2008--we will celebrate on Copacabana Beach--then travel for 50 days or so through Brazil, Argentina, Uruaguay to the Southern most point of South America - Tierra del Fuego--then back up the West coast of South America to Santiago, Chile....decompress for a couple of days in Santiago, then back to Denver about Feb 25, 2009. I figure to miss most of the winter in Denver....oh that's too bad!! This is another "Truck Expedition" run by Oasis Overland. full info

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