Egypt

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July 13, 2007 - Luxor, Egypt
Hello all, I am in Luxor safe and sound and having a wonderful time. I haven't had a ton of time though to write a new blog and to tell you the truth I'm totally drained of all my energy. I will post a new journal entry but it probably won't be until I get back to the states. Things are going great, its just that I have very little time here....
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Islamic Cairo
July 9, 2007 - Cairo, Egypt
So this weekend I decided to explore something I knew nothing about, Islamic Cairo, but first, a brief word on my Fourth of July. But that beer’s Egyptian: Or how I discovered the ex-pat community in Cairo I’ve been hanging out recently with a young woman named Katie. Katie is from Lancaster Pennsylvania and is a student at Yale....
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Coming soon to a theater near you!
July 8, 2007 - Cairo, Egypt
Hello, I know most people expect a journal entry every Sunday but alas I have not finished the blog for this weekend yet. It is coming, tomorrow I promise. In the meantime let me say that I posted new pics from the weekend. On Tuesday I will be heading down to Luxor for a week of well earned vacation. I have just recieved my new...
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Mummies, Pyramids, and Coptic Churches
June 30, 2007 - Cairo, Egypt
So this week had a number of interesting events which I’ll recount here. Does My Mummy Make me Look Fat?: Or how I was on the front line for history The most interesting thing happened on Wednesday when the Supreme Council of Antiquities held a press conference to announce that they had found the mummy of the pharaoh Hatshepsut....
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Fun in the Killer Sun
June 25, 2007 - Gizeh, Egypt
Hello again from Cairo. Seeing as how the Muslim weekend is Friday and Saturday (as opposed to the Christian Saturday Sunday) I have just finished my first weekend here in Cairo. I thought I’d start my narrative of this weekend on Thursday to give a good impression of what I am up to at the museum. I have given each day a title which I...
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