Cairo, Egypt, Africa: 19:00 PM: The night has enveloped Cairo, darkness shrouding the dusty maze-like networks of back streets squares. — The Clive Expedition moved from Giza (Sphinx and three main pyramids) to Memphis. — What to do this evening? Probably too late to go to Omar Shakti’s place to check it out. To our…
Tag: Wednesday 15th July 1925
39: Walk Like an Egyptian
Cairo, Egypt, Africa: 18:18 PM: Heading down the Nile, Cairo looms into view. There have been recent elections in this young and turbulent democracy. Noise and smell. Thousands of minarets. The docks are in Old Cairo, beneath the main city, built on ancient Roman foundations. The impressive Cairo Museum is nearby. The investigators will want…