Egypt
Gulf News (Justin Marozzi)
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- Events At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) There is an area in the desert, about 2 or 3 kilometers away from the pyramids at Giza, which was used as a camp by soldiers during the 2nd World War, and they left behind the remains of ammunition and other things. When it...
- Book Review: The Way Of Herodotus
International Herald Tribune (Tobin Harshaw) The Way of Herodotus. Travels With the Man Who Invented History. By Justin Marozzi. 348 pages. Da Capo Press. Sometimes the trip that starts out on the wrong foot can prove to be the most rewarding. You know,...
- Travel: Visiting Egypt
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-2457081,00.htmlI liked the tone of this travel piece - not a long article, but the writer conveys some of the feel of a first visit to Egypt (Cairo, Aswan and Luxor): "Strangely, as I discover the next day,...
- Ramesses Moving Tomorrow
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10062370.htmlThe statue of Ramesses II will be moved tomorrow, on an Egyptian public holiday, from its over-polluted home and will be installed in its new Giza location on Friday: "Sayed Hamdan, a roving photographer,...
- Cross Camel Owners Bring Cairo To A Halt
http://tinyurl.com/fscmn "Traffic came to a standstill and the streets were blocked on Wednesday in a protest that saw 400 camels and horses clog the Cairo avenue leading to the Egyptian pyramids. Camel and horse owners who make money offering pyramid...
Egypt
Travel: A portrait of Cairo
Gulf News (Justin Marozzi)
One man's love affair with Cairo is described in this article. The touches on all aspects of its personality, including its ancient heritage:
Lured by the shining treasures of Tutankhamun (and of Ramses II, Amenhotep III, beautiful Nefertiti, heretical Akkhenaten), you will make the pilgrimage to the polluted mess that is Midan Tahrir and traipse along the museum's superannuated galleries.
With the roving imagination of which Ibn Khaldun spoke, you will lose yourself in admiration for Cairo, for Egypt, for the history of the world.
You may even, because most visitors do, make the obligatory journey to the pyramids, to be importuned by men offering camels, horses, photos, never-before-seen tombs and lost treasures.
If you can, you will shut out the extraneous noise and clutter and maybe you will be less moved by the size of the pyramids than by the simplicity of their perfection.
See the above page for the full story.
- Events At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) There is an area in the desert, about 2 or 3 kilometers away from the pyramids at Giza, which was used as a camp by soldiers during the 2nd World War, and they left behind the remains of ammunition and other things. When it...
- Book Review: The Way Of Herodotus
International Herald Tribune (Tobin Harshaw) The Way of Herodotus. Travels With the Man Who Invented History. By Justin Marozzi. 348 pages. Da Capo Press. Sometimes the trip that starts out on the wrong foot can prove to be the most rewarding. You know,...
- Travel: Visiting Egypt
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-2457081,00.htmlI liked the tone of this travel piece - not a long article, but the writer conveys some of the feel of a first visit to Egypt (Cairo, Aswan and Luxor): "Strangely, as I discover the next day,...
- Ramesses Moving Tomorrow
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10062370.htmlThe statue of Ramesses II will be moved tomorrow, on an Egyptian public holiday, from its over-polluted home and will be installed in its new Giza location on Friday: "Sayed Hamdan, a roving photographer,...
- Cross Camel Owners Bring Cairo To A Halt
http://tinyurl.com/fscmn "Traffic came to a standstill and the streets were blocked on Wednesday in a protest that saw 400 camels and horses clog the Cairo avenue leading to the Egyptian pyramids. Camel and horse owners who make money offering pyramid...