lauriegene > Bill giving some perspective to what 27 meters of solid granite atop a 6-meter base looks like.
lauriegene > The new Library of Alexandria.
lauriegene > The new Alexandria Library. Quite fabulous.
lauriegene > A spectacular Mediterranean sunset from the balcony of our hotel room. Our hotel was across the street from a mosque whose muezzin had the most beautiful voice. Listening to him sing the call to prayer late in the afternoon made this sunset all the more serene and restful.
lauriegene > There was fabric everywhere. Our guide Rihab said it's not good quality, but she doesn't sew, so she hasn't ever had a reason to shop for fabric.
lauriegene > A donkey cart hauling dried corn in the busy market area around the Pillar.
lauriegene > 27 meters of solid Aswan red granite. A single block that they cut and floated down the Nile during flood season. It became an icon of the city although it has absolutely nothing to do with Pompeii.
lauriegene > The Pillar of Pompeii
lauriegene > Egypt 2008 photo
Bill giving some perspective to what 27 meters of solid granite atop a 6-meter base looks like.
lauriegene > Bill giving some perspective to what 27 meters of solid granite atop a 6-meter base looks like.
Bill giving some perspective to what 27 meters of solid granite atop a 6-meter base looks like.
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