Our good friend Hatshepsut

Raiding the tombs of Pharaohs of old

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August 15th 2008
Today was reserved for the West bank sights of Luxor - the Valley of the Kings and related sights. This is where the likes of Ramses and Tutankhamen are buried - far away from the rest of the populace so as to avoid the greedy hands of grave robbers. Strangely though, there aren't any pyramids here - pyramids must have been so 'last millienium' by the time these guys wanted to be buried (the rea ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt

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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