All About Time
Saqqara, near Giza, Egypt “Old and Young”Click here to share this image.Touring Egypt 23: Which of the two pyramids in the above photo is the oldest? (Ok, it is a dumb question. Rhetorical. You don’t need to answer. Is there any reader who won’t guess the one in the background, which is obviously in better […]
Patience
Saqqara, near Giza and Cairo, Egypt Click here to share this image.Touring Egypt 21: Police of the Tourist and Antiquities service patrol the vast, wide-open spaces around the pyramids at Giza and nearby Saqqara on camels. Tourists frequently see the camel-mounted police around the pyramids and temples. (Of course, tourists can also get “up close […]
Old-Fashioned Supermarket
Cairo, Egypt “Snacks and Condiments”Click here to share or send a greeting with this image.Touring Egypt 19: Supermarkets have become ubiquitous worldwide, but sometimes those of us who live in western cities (especially America) forget that most of the world does not actually shop at a supermarket. While in Cairo, my party went several times […]
The Word at Sultan Hassan
Cairo, Egypt “The Word”Click here to share or send a greeting with this image.Touring Egypt 17: The Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa is rarely if ever unattended. A working house of God, the mosque is open to all; One can expect to find worshippers, clerics and teachers from the school within this historic temple. The […]
Old-Time Religion
Cairo, Egypt “Have a Seat”Click here to share or send a greeting with this image.Touring Egypt 15: As I’ve mentioned before, Cairo is home to hundreds of mosques. One of the most imposing is the magnificent Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa, downtown on the edges of the old city. Just a very short distance from […]
