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Monthly Archives: June 2012
PHOTO OF THE WEEK – SHOPPING FOR MEAT
Passing through a small village on our way to the Step Pyramid at Saqqara- (the first Pyramid ever build, circa 2630 BC, by Djoser) we stopped at this butcher shop. I was wondering shy the dead animal was strung up outside … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Food, Tourism, Travel, Valley of the Kings
Tagged Meat, Organic, shopping
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CAIRO – PHOTO OF THE WEEK –
SHOPPING FOR SPICES This is the famous Khan El-Khalili Bazaar – it is not just a place for the tourists to shop- as you can see the locals come here too! More from Egypt soon Brigitte
HEAVEN – WHERE IS IT?
Bryan Adams in his song ‘Thought I’d died and gone to Heaven’ is referring to a woman. But heaven can also be a place – and I found that place when I arrived at the Winter Palace in Luxor. This Hotel was built-in 1886 … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Luxor, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Pharaohs, Tourism, Travel
Tagged Heaven, Hotels, Italian Food, Nile river, View, Wine
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GIZA PLATEAU – TOMBS OF THE PYRAMID BUILDERS
The burial places of the Pharaoh’s – the pyramids and the tombs in the Valley of the Kings – have dazzled the world since their discovery. But where are ordinary people buried and how? People like the workers who helped build the pyramids? … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Islam, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Pharaohs, Tourism, Travel, Valley of the Kings
Tagged craftmen, farmers, garves afterlife, Nile river, Pharaohs, Pyramids, stonecutters, workers
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TOMB PAINTINGS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE
“Come I want to show you something,” Abdul said while we got out of the car. Walking up the hill towards a pile of stones that must have been a house a long time ago, I was wondering what there … Continue reading
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