WHEN WE THINK OF ANCIENT TEMPLES, AND BURIAL SITES LIKE THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS, TOURISTS COME TO MIND. WE SEE BUSES SPITTING OUT GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME FROM FAR AWAY TO CATCH A CLIMPSE OF THE PAST.

I WAS ONE OF THOSE TOURISTS WHEN I VISITED MEDINA HABU, RAMSES III TEMPLE. AND WHILE STANDING AMONG THE HUGE COLUMNS SUDDENLY ANOTHER KIND OF BUS UNLOADED ITS CARGO. IT WAS A  SCHOOL BUS RELEASING RUNNING, LAUGHING, SCREAMING CHILDREN. EGYPTIAN CHILDREN. 

I FOUND OUT THAT ONE DAY A WEEK THE SCHOOLS IN EGYPT HAVE A FIELD TRIP VISITING ANCIENT SITES. THE TEACHERS HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE KEEPING THE CHILDREN FOCUSED ON RAMSES III. BUT, FOR ME,  HEARING THEIR YOUNG VOICES WITHIN THE ANCIENT WALLS BROUGHT THOSE WALLS ALIVE!

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Brigitte