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Fact vs. Fiction: The Great Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt

by Grant Martin on Apr 10, 2012

Life on the Giza Plateau outside of Cairo is a lot more hectic than advertised on the travel agent brochure, but we’ll let our friend Rolf Potts explain the difference.


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