A man pulling a huge cart

An Urban Symphony

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March 20th 2010
Car horns, 20 million different sounding car horns, coming discordantly from all directions. The call to prayer echoing out from the hundreds of minarets in this 'city of spires'. The hawkers selling their wares on each and every corner (trying desperately to persuade tourists to look in their stores). The meowing of cats, the clucking of chickens and the clip-clop of donkey or horses hooves. The ... 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