The Step Pyramid of Zoser, Saqqara, near Cairo

Built in 2650BC, this is Egypt's oldest pyramid and indeed the world's oldest stone monument. You would have thought then that my taxi driver would have heard of it.

Unanticipated Bonuses While on a Quest for Sun

May 29th 2010
I know that the 2009/2010 winter was particularly harsh for pretty much all of the northern hemisphere, so I’m not expecting great pity, but in Slovenia it was really long and really cold. I would pass the Abanka building on Slovenska cesta most mornings at 6am and the temperature was often as low as -14C. I appreciate that other places get colder but I have spent the last few winters in South ... read more

Africa » Egypt

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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