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At 6:00 PM November 21, 1997
Sunrise (local): 6:25 a.m. Sunset (local): 4:58 p.m.	Weather 85°F Hazy
Traveled Since Yesterday 500 meters by camel! Cumulative 1163 mi / 1873 km	Lat: 29° 58' 31" N Lon: 31° 07' 53" E Elev: 476 ft / 145 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Giza
Where We're Staying: Bodmin Guest House back in Cairo
Places We Visited: Great Pyramids of Giza
Featured Site: Khufu's (Cheops') Pyramid
Person of the Day: The Sphinx (We know, it's really a monster!)
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: fatta with rice; Breakfast: rolls, butter, jam and tea; Lunch: picnic lunch of bread, cheese, and vegetables, all next to the Sphinx; Dinner: moza, vegetables, fatta, and rice; Olive Count: 1126
Words of the Day: Haram (singular) and ahram (plural) mean "pyramid(s)" in Egyptian Arabic.
Tech Fact of the Day: The ancient Egyptians were excellent mathematicians. Among their other achievements, they figured out how to construct right angles by using triangles whose sides measured 3, 4, and 5, or 5, 12, and 13 units. Without right angles they would have found it very hard to build the pyramids!: Flat Count (Cumulative): 3; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 17

Next Stop: Islamic Cairo!

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