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Mosque decorated for Ramadan outside Khan al Khalili, Cairo
Date: 23 September 2007
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An artisan selects solder and silver symbols for a cartouche
Date: 23 September 2007
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Local metallurgist prepares to solder the symbols to the base of the cartouche
Date: 23 September 2007
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A tired Leslie after driving hard bargains in Khan al-Khalili
Date: 23 September 2007
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Josiah with the Heidal family after Iftar
Date: 23 September 2007
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Tarek Heidal, left, was our Egyptologist guide in Cairo and Giza
Date: 23 September 2007
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Josiah overlooking the Nile from our room at the Grand Hyatt on El-Manial island in the Nile
Date: 17 September 2007
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Papyrus paper making demonstration--the green stalk is a papyrus plant
Date: 18 September 2007
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Twirling dancer on Nile Dinner Cruise
Date: 18 September 2007
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He kept spinning for at least 8 minutes without stopping
Date: 18 September 2007
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Josiah receives spinning instructions
Date: 18 September 2007
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Apparently, the instructions were of little assistance
Date: 18 September 2007
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Leslie on deck at the close of the Nile dinner cruise
Date: 18 September 2007
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Leslie in front of the Hanging Church, constructed on top of the water gate at the old Roman fortress of Babylon in the 4th century AD
Date: 23 September 2007
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Citadel, home to Egypt's rulers for almost 700 years, founded in 1176 by Muslim leader Saladin
Date: 23 September 2007
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Alabaster archways of Mohammed Ali Mosque, built in a Turkish style in 1830
Date: 23 September 2007
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Josiah & Leslie seated in the large main sanctuary of the Mohammed Ali Mosque
Date: 23 September 2007
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Ceiling of the Mohammed Ali Mosque
Date: 23 September 2007
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Courtyard of the Ali Mosque
Date: 23 September 2007
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Iron clock presented to Muhammad Ali by the French King Louis Philippe in 1845 in return for the obelisk at Place de la Concorde in Paris. The clock is right only twice a day.
Date: 23 September 2007
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