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Tim has very kindly agreed to publish his Leaving Thebes thread as a book, with profits to Luxor4care.
Many members have expressed an interest so if you also want to reserve a copy (or multiples ) please post below & if you like we will notify you by PM when it goes to press.
Members who are already down for copies are
Dabs
Hepzi x ?
LisaK
Kiya
Zaydine
Sue
Fablux (x 2)
Andy
Moonstone
Crazycat
Mimimay
This thread is also posted in the Living in Luxor Forum so you do not need to post on both
"One band, two oil barrels, three chords, four dreams, five lies, six ties, seven deadly sins and eight ways to stay alive. They know who you are, they know where you live, they're the Kaizers Orchestra~"
So now you lot can leave Luxor and return to this 'scepter'd Isle.
A word of warning 'its all gone totally tits up over here and winters coming.
My advice stay put 'what's...
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If you've got a bit of land, plant a few nuts from your stash. If they haven't been sterilised to stop growth, they may just produce seedlings. You may not see them bear fruit, but they may confuse...
In the main street of Karnak, half way up, there is a largish new building going up. Talking to my replacement driver on Thursday he tells me its a new hotel. So I says whats the point as there are...
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I thought your cracks had already received a once over? :lol: Sorry, you left yourself wide open for that one, figuratively speaking of course. :dv
Approximately 18,000 tourists left Hurghada International Airport on board 130 flights to Europe and Russia over the past two days, while the airport received roughly 7,000 tourists, the majority...
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No more Jetair flights to Hurghada, and not sure but I think Condor Air has finished for the time being too. Until the end of October that is..
I am trying to locate a copy of Sir John Gardiner Wilkinson's map of Thebes.
c 1873 'ish.
Specifically an old Sycamore Tree located on the West Bank that was located somewhere near the Nile during...
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The mooring place is indeed marked on several maps e.g Lane 1823, Hughes 1850. Not sure it is in Wilkinson map though?
I have a vague memory reading that someone had located it but can't remember...
Went there yesterday to watch the sunset from the roof and have dinner. We were very disappointed to find that the hotel is having major work done, no food available and the place just a building...
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I just asked, the answer was that perhaps you should wait a little longer, though you are always welcome! :lol:
) please post below & if you like we will notify you by PM when it goes to press. 
