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Luxor Egypt

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November 28th 2007
November 25 - 26 - 27 --- Luxor - Cairo Egypt Our hotel in Luxor is the Sonesta St. George. I had originally hoped to post my blog entries for Kenya from Luxor, but unfortunately the internet server was down. Luxor was the capital of Egypt during the Middle and New Kingdom periods. For those more familiar with some of the ancient Greek names the city was called Thebes by the Greeks. The l ... 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