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Showing posts with label land of the pharoahs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label land of the pharoahs. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Walk like an Egyptian....

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I'm not a very "musical" person.  My assorted relatives a couple generations down were amazed that I don't own ear buds, d...
Monday, June 22, 2015

More Obelisks of Isis

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Last week when I was rounding up the various remnants from the Isis/Serapis/Minerva complex in Rome's Campus Marti I alluded to there be...
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Friday, June 19, 2015

Minerva's Leftovers

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In a previous post Elephant and Obelisk  I touched upon the subject of ancient decor from the religious complex in the Campus Marti region o...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

"Cleopatra's Needle" as a patent medicine ad and as it stands today.

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Back when I was running on about obelisks I mentioned that one had been moved to New York's Central Park amid much hoopla.  Hoopla, you...
Monday, January 23, 2012

The theater at Alexandria

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Alexandria is my favorite city in Egypt.  It is a center of ancient learning, and has always been sort of the equivalent of St. Petersburg-a...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Sheesha and Graffiti

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A few odds and ends from our trip to Egypt. You may recall the prolific scrawlings of The Great Belzoni.  But he is far from the only Europ...
Monday, January 16, 2012

Twice Across the Nile

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The adage is "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", but when in Egypt you should probably do a few "tourist" things.  I dr...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Signs of the Times, Egyptian Edition

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Although advertising in Egypt, like everywhere else, is shifting to electronic media the dense population still makes for a great deal of si...
Monday, January 9, 2012

Egyptian Junk Food

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It is a little frustrating to be traveling in an exotic land, seeing all sorts of interesting eatables and being unable to partake of them. ...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Surviving Egyptian Street Markets. Or, "Souk the Rich"

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If you come from a Western nation you are not going to be prepared for street markets in Egypt , or presumably elsewhere in the Arab world. ...
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Monday, January 2, 2012

IBM Egypt

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Egypt has been in the news a great deal this past year, as long simmering political problems finally boiled over into open revolt.  As the E...
Sunday, January 1, 2012

Archy the Cockroach-Discovered!

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You might have missed this little news item.  Scientists have found a new kind of cockroach in Africa, notable for its ability to leap consi...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The Doctor's Waiting Room-Ancient Egypt

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Physicians make lousy patients.  So we try to avoid the medical and dental systems whenever possible.  It's really just best for all con...
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