Tag Archives: Napoleon in Egypt

getting here first

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Dave

And the value of the fast second. Who got to America first? Refugees from Atlantis? Phoenicians piloting the children of Israel? The Chinese? The Egyptians? Perhaps the answer to the discovery of the America’s lies in the unthinkable… With such … Continue reading →

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still looking for the source of the nile

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Dave

As a captive in Egypt, Louis IX was on hand to witness the unhappy end of Saladin’s dynasty, when Turan-Shah, the last of the line, was killed by his stepmother’s slaves in the river Nile. For more than a century … Continue reading →

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a river of time

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Dave

Ancient Egyptians rejoiced in the thought that their country was without history. Their view of the world was static: the best life was one in which everything was always the same. The Nile rose, flooded and receded; the sun crossed … Continue reading →

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miles of niles: get hapi!

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Dave

The Nile as we see it today is the product of peoples who have been helping themselves for the past five thousand years. It is a supreme gift, not only of the equatorial rains, but of man, of men and … Continue reading →

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