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Pyramids of Cheops and Khafre  
   

Pyramids of Cheops and Khafre

5,000 Years in the Making

February 4th 2008
Escaping sub-Saharan Africa without getting caught up in Kenya's political strife, we arrived in Cairo after a brief stay in the very modern and luxurious city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (everything there looks brand new as the city is constantly under construction). My first impression of Cairo was of a noisy, dirty, busy city full of smog, traffic and cars from the late sixties and ... read more
Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Giza

Egyptian Flag 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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