Ahh, the things one must do for school. A recent class assignment took me on a search through Maadi for, you guessed it, a sheep or goat head. Actually, I needed the mandibles for either a sheep or goat, complete with teeth. Considering the plethora of butchers with dead animals hanging in their shop doorways, one would think that this would be a ( Read more... )

I took over 1000 photos in the week I spent in Luxor. The first 3 days were spent with my Ancient Egyptian Art & Architecture II professor, Dr. Selim Hasan. Then was a day of much needed rest (and lots of swimming in the hotel pool), followed by 3 more days of intensive traveling and visiting sites. The last 3 days I was, essentially, the tour ( Read more... )

I've been in Egypt since August 23rd, and I absolutely love it here. The weather, the people, and most importantly, the history! Knowing I can take a 25 minute Metro ride and spend however long I want to in the Cairo Museum is awesome. I have, literally, forgotten how many times I've gone since I landed. This coming weekend, I am flying down to ( Read more... )

A meme while I have a moment. I talk about Egypt...
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Today is Thanksgiving, a holiday obviously not celebrated here in Egypt. This does not mean that we had school today, it's the American University in Cairo, celebrating Egyptian and American major holidays. Because we didn't have classes today, my Arabic class had decided that we would go on our field trip today, and we went to Al Azhar Park in ( Read more... )

Here, as promised, the pictures from the trip today. We got to go into the Pyramid of Khafre, see Khufu's boat, stand between the paws of the Sphinx (closed to the public), and visit the Step Pyramid (and other tombs) at Saqqara. I'm tired, sandy, and loved every moment!

The links are to my Facebook photo albums. Please enjoy and comment!

Giza ( Read more... )

A week ago (wow, I’m really bad about keeping up with this thing… sorry), Sophia, Elyse, and I (see current profile picture), as well as Jack, went to karaoke at the Mariott Hotel in Zamalek. The drinks were expensive and not strong, there was a 100LE minimum per person, and it was crowded. No problem, we got a booth and settled in to look at the ( Read more... )

I really miss my silent friend.

And if the stocks don't improve very soon, I won't be home in December, I'll be in Egypt, alone for Christmas and New Years, not returning to those I love until June.

Sorry to disappoint, but this isn't really about what Halloween is like in Egypt, it's more an account of what I did and heard went on here ( Read more... )

Today I spoke with Dr Ikram after I did some more work at her place. We discussed my past and what I want from my future (to work in a museum and on archaeological digs in Egypt). She said that, from what she has seen from me so far, the following MA programs would be a good fit. Johns Hopkins, Emory, Liverpool, Georgia State, Memphis TN (as a ( Read more... )