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There is more to do in Egypt than just ride a camel

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    My final paper for Soc 211 was about Egyptian archaeology and I spoke about the pyramids, Sphinx, I also provided information about archaeology work that is ongoing in Egypt and a little information about the Egyptian Museum.  When most people think about Egypt, they think about a pyramid in the middle of the barren desert, like the picture below.  In some instances they might right because there are pyramids in the middle of the barren desert, just like the picture below.       I think that is one of the things that makes all all of the archaeology work and finds so interesting.  Typically, people settle and build cities and structures near water.  The Nile river runs through Egypt and you would think that if someone was going to build a massive pyramid, they would do it much closer to the river and a water source but they didn't do that.  I say that just to get you to think about all of the building, by hand and without a...