Fall #2

A Day On, At and Around the Pyramids

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February 17th 2008
Salaam alaykum! This weekend yielded more extremely comical Egypt experiences. A group of my friends and I decided to ditch the AUC sponsored trip to the Pyramids on Friday morning (which left the school at 9am) in favor of a couple more hours of sleep and making our own attempt at the visit. We woke up and left at about 11:30, got quick fateer breakfast on the way (some got rolled up flakey pi ... 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