Saturday, January 30, 2010

Wait, Egypt?

We headed west as a group to the Giza pyramids today. Saw them. Saw the Sphinx. One of the Egyptology professors talked us through it, like a tour or whatever. It was pretty cool. Also, sandy. Rode camels for a bit. I'm pretty much a pro at that by now. So yeah. It was crazy. I keep forgetting that Egypt is more than like, modern-middle-east home-of-pan-arabism-and-umm-kulthoum, you know? And even when I think of it historically, it's like, oh, Islam, Fatimids, Mamluks, et cetera. I forget that it has all this ancient history. It's weird to think about. It's weird to think that there's THAT MUCH history in one place, if that makes sense. And it's equally weird how close that ancient history is to the noise and modernity of this huge amazing city. Just, wow, you know? I'm lazy/tired, so check out the photos on my flickr.
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  1. RachelFebruary 8, 2010 at 8:18 AM

    so... i'm reading through your old posts (because I'm super bad about keeping up with blog posts) and I am intrigued by our difference in world view.

    While you, as a Nelc/religious studies major, see egypt in it's more modern light... I, as an anthropology major/lover of ancient cultures always think of ancient history and culture when I think of egypt.

    I would have LOVED to have seen the stuff at Giza, ESPECIALLY with an egyptologist. :-\

    *jealousy* :(

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