The Great Pyramid

3 tour guides, 2 days in Egypt, and 1 great time!

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November 18th 2008
On Friday we saw the pyramids and the Sphinx - we even got to climb down one of the shafts in the pyramid to an actual tomb where one of the queens was buried. We went on the best tour ever, we lucked out and got a tour guide that used to be an archaeologist that worked in the pyramids. His name was Ragab and had hair growing out of the top of his nose. He knew so much stuff it all started to so ... 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