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1. You arrive at Cairo International Airport at 11:25 AM. Greeted by your guide you make your way to your hotel. The air is hot and thick, and Arabic music spews from the radio in high pitched tones. You notice a small amulet hanging from your guide's rear-view mirror. It's green and shaped like a dung beetle. You're curious so you ask him what it is. "It's a ________," he says with a grin. "But don't worry though, they don't eat your flesh like in the movies."
2. You arrive at your hotel and decide to freshen up a bit. While in the bathroom you notice another fascinating symbol of ancient Egyptian culture. The shower curtain rings are shaped like an odd looking cross. The top is looped like the eye of a needle. "This could only be an _____," you exclaim.
3. Later that day you slip into more casual clothing and head out to the nearest restaurant for an early dinner. An old man, wearing a traditional jellabiya, bumps into you and hands you a pamphlet about touring Egypt. The front cover hits you right away with a stunning view of the Pyramids of Giza. The oldest and largest one is called the ______ pyramid.
4. After a filling dinner of kushari, and a restful night's sleep, you wake up refreshed and ready to head out to those pyramids you read so much about. You travel to Giza where your guide provides you with a camel to make the long trek. While enjoying the view, you recall a few fun facts you read about Djoser; a pharaoh in the 3rd dynasty. The name of the his architect sounded so familiar, but you couldn't quite recall it. After much delegation you figure you've heard it in a movie. "'The Mummy'. That's right! They said his name was _______. He was the high priest too."
5. Toasted by the sun's rays, you head back to your hotel, set up a chair on the veranda and sit down with a good book. The topic is King Tutankhamen. The first few pages are an introduction by the discoverer of Tut's tomb, _______ ________. Employed by Lord Carnarvon, he discovered the tomb in November 1922.
6. Your travels take you down to Thebes, where you enjoyed a thorough journey through Karnak and Luxor. Karnak, you found, has a stunning display of statues all depicting an animal with the body of a lion, wings of a bird, and face of a beautiful woman. All of them lining up to connect with different areas of the temple. This creature is called a _______.
7. The first spot you hit in Luxor, is of course, the famous Luxor Temple. The grandeur and majesty of this massive structure fills your heart with a great fire. The earliest structures you find there are the barque chapels, constructed by _________. She was a woman who ruled as pharaoh during the 18th dynasty.
8. A late lunch brings you to an open air cafe where you snack on hummus , pita bread, and mint tea. A group of young men next to you are deeply enthralled in a conversation about the mummification of a body. Among other engrossing details, the body is covered and stuffed in a substance called ________. This helps the body dry out and preserve it for a long time.
9. A few days later, you arrive back in Cairo. The sites of the city hadn't quite caught you when you first arrived, and as you make your way to the Cairo Museum, you see street children selling cheap candy and vendors hawking novelty ushaptis. These small statues were placed inside tombs and were said to be laborers for _________ , the god of the afterlife.
10. The Cairo Museum has a amazing array of statues and mummies on display. One sculpture in particular catches your eye. It shows the Pharaoh ________ being crowned by the enemies Horus and Set. This Pharaoh is also associated with Moses and the Exodus story.
11. Later in the evening you hit the Khan el-Khalili, also known as the Turkish bazaar during the Ottoman period. Bright jewelry and colorful linen hangs wall to wall, while the bustle and hurried talking of bystanders drown out the call to prayer. You suddenly feel something rub against your leg several times. You look down and see a _________, an animal you know protected, and was also revered by, ancient Egyptians.
12. Reluctantly parting with this beautiful animal, you head back to your hotel and fall asleep. That night you dreamed of being a great pharaoh and you have awoken in the underworld. In this dream your heart is put onto a balance with the feather of an _________. Almost instantly, your heart outweighs the feather, and it is at this moment that you wish you could stick your head in the sand.
13. Waking up restless, you head down to the lobby for breakfast. You enjoy an traditional Egyptian meal called Fooll Mudammes; a favabean dish, and some strong coffee. You notice a glossy mosaic hugging the wall in front of you. It depicts _____, the god of the sun, his head possessing that of a hawk instead of a man.
14. As you begin to pack your belongings, you admire all of the souvenirs you will be giving your relatives when you return home. You hope they will beam with gratitude that you traveled 6,000 miles and brought them back an authentic statuette of _________, a Greek queen and last Pharaoh of ancient Egypt, though you're sure you'll have to mention Julius Caesar and Marc Antony too.
15. The airplane departs, and as it ascends you really begin to drink in all that you have discovered, learned, and grown to love during your time in Egypt. It's bittersweet, but you will never forget this place as long as you live. That and watching two women fight over a pair of earrings. They were in the shape of the Eye of _______; the god of the sky, war and protection. Who could resist?
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