Mmm, Egyptian food

Fayoum!

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February 18th 2006
For this trip, a group of us (Debbie and Christine from CISE, and a lovely lady named Kathy from Narmer School) were treated to a really personal trip to the Fayoum region of Egypt. Fayoum is to the South of Cairo. It is full of fields and fields of plants. The drive there is amazing, as you see fields that have been hand planted, and every plant is in perfect alignment with the others in the ... 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