14. November 2004 10:53
by Rene Pallesen
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Created: Dec 2004Last Updated:
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14. November 2004 10:52
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Created: Dec 2004Last Updated:
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14. November 2004 10:38
by Rene Pallesen
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Al-Khalili's Bazaar / Markets, is the
oldest market in Egypt, established some time in the 12th century. The
surviving towers of the original markets go back to the 1500s and miles
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I was looking forward to purchasing
some papyrus paintings and some t-shirts, but it was rather quiet with
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However, we did see plenty selling
wooden guitars, brightly tattered pouffe covers, egyptian clothes, spices,
t-shirts, crappy papyrus paintings, plenty of bong-like pipes. |
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Wherever we went, we would see a couple of individuals
smoking "water-pipes" (or what I would've called "bongs").
These bongs were brightly coloured, some intricately ornate and were
inexpensive - AUD$40 for the ignorant tourist, less than AUD$10 for
the savvy bargain-hunter.
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Afterward only an hour, we all met up at a typical
Egyptian coffee-house. We met up here because it seems, Adam wanted
to smoke his water-pipe...
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Created: Dec 2004Last Updated:
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14. November 2004 10:37
by Rene Pallesen
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The High Dam was built in the 1970s. It was higher
and wider than the old Aswan Dam.
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At its highest point, the High Dam was 111m high,
3.8km long and 980m wide at the base. It was built with 3 times as
many stones that was used to build Cheops' Pyramid.
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The High Dam is a high-security military area so no
video cameras were allowed. Should the High Dam be destroyed, than
most of Egypt will be under water and it would be a disaster for the
country.
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Lake Nasser is a man-made lake to the south, created
as a result of the building of the High Dam. Because of this lake,
some great monuments, villages and many of the Nubian tribes had to
be moved or they would have been submerged under water. I think much
history has been lost to these waters.
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This temple had to moved onto higher ground after
the High Dam was built.
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Created: Dec 2004Last Updated:
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14. November 2004 10:37
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This alabaster factory was one of Adam's commission-based
stops.
Alabaster is a cheaper type of marble - the
corridors of the Mohammed Ali Mosque was made of this marble, as was
the small sphinx statue in Memphis. It was also used for King TutAnkhAmun's
canopic jars
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Created: Dec 2004Last Updated:
24-Jan-2005
14. November 2004 02:10
by Rene Pallesen
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14. November 2004 02:10
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14. November 2004 02:09
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14. November 2004 02:08
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14. November 2004 02:07
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