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... nothing to stop them. What I have found is that you see young girls walking around at all hours, whether alone or in groups and they are never hassled. You feel that should a male hassle a woman on the street, other men would jump to her defence without question. It is a very simple outlook and maybe very innocent but it is an innocence and respect we have lost in our country and will never get back. Trust me, I am not going to revoke my CAMRA membership, but the fact there is no ...

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... So I sat with other tourists on a shady section, we were too tired to continue. David on the other hand climed to the top and easily walked down with such ease. Oh to be young and able to climb steps like that.

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Luxor and Valley of Kings and Queens, by Don Hogle

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... Pharaohs are cut right into the hills surrounding the valley high above the Nile’s flood plain. Protected from sunlight and weather, much of the color is still visible in the decorations that cover the walls and ceilings: yellow, red, turquoise and royal blue on a white field.

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... way down, and ************ the way back up. The corridor leading down to the burial chamber is a lot wider in this tomb than the others, with the walls on both sides almost unscathed. The paints could have been used yesterday on the rows of brightly coloured pillars leading down to an antechamber with reliefs of the book of the Dead on the wall. Large cobras protect the entrance to the burial chamber, but once inside there is only one thing that you can stop and stare at. The amazing ...

A Dick Amongst Eunuchs

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... was built into the cliff face, much of this temple was destroyed by an earthquake in 27BC.

On visiting the ruins, the poet Shelley was inspired to write his poem Ozymandias:-

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare.

It is clear that this temple would have been a remarkable spectacle in it’s day.

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