the sphynx

called by the Arabs Abu el-Hol - the awesome and terrible one

January 14th 2011
In between bouts of serious depression about losing the cat, I have been trying to write about Egypt. We went there. I don’t really know what to say about it. It was amazing. It was exhausting. In addition to the touron imperative to mainline the land of the Pharaohs in ten days, there was the other thing. The other thing has to do with authenticity, trying to glimpse the humanity of a pla ... 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

10th February 2011

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