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Inside a Nubian House  
   

Inside a Nubian House

Now firstly what is a Nubian? People of an area along the Nile in Southern Egypt and what is now Northern Sudan. In Ancient Egypt, the Nubians and the Egyptians weren't friendly but called a ceasefire eventually and now live in harmony... This Nubian house was our first stop along the Nile. Those plates you see hanging from the ceiling are where you put all your gold and silver etc so that people cannot come in and steal it at night while you are sleeping.
Handling the hassle, sailing the Nile and discovering an Ancient World

April 21st 2008
Well we sure got what we asked for when we woke up on our first day in Cairo....sun! Southern Morocco was nice and warm but Fes and Casa were around 15 when we were there so we really weren’t prepared for the 40 degree heat that awaited us in Egypt. We booked a 9 day tour of Egypt, deciding that of all the countries we were visiting on this trip, Egypt was the one that we’d most likely be tha ... read more
Africa » Egypt

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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