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isisinacrisis
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This reminds me-I remember there was a radio quiz and one of the questions was 'what percentage of Egypt is desert?'
Can you guess the answer?  |
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Yves Van Herp
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| Segereh wrote: | Good point (the movies) 
I meant: the only livable region in Egypt were the fertile banks of the Nile. If u'd measure length (North to South) and width (East to West) u'd have a surprisingly small surface. |
That's what I meant too with those geographical boundaries!  |
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Yves Van Herp
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| isisinacrisis wrote: | This reminds me-I remember there was a radio quiz and one of the questions was 'what percentage of Egypt is desert?'
Can you guess the answer? |
I don't have a clue, but it will be enormous! More than 60%???  |
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isisinacrisis
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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90%!
That means only 10% of Egypt is habitable... |
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Yves Van Herp
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| isisinacrisis wrote: | 90%!
That means only 10% of Egypt is habitable... |
So, more than 60%! 
No, really I hadn't guessed it would be that much! Only 10% inhabitable, hail to the ancient Egyptians to establish such a fabulous civilization in such a barren region! Or, better, hail to Father Nile (and the work of the Egyptian farmers). |
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Sitesa
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Actually long long ago egypt was not quite so arid. |
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anneke
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| Sitesa wrote: | | Actually long long ago egypt was not quite so arid. |
But that was before the Egyptian Civilization developed.
I think we're talking about 10,000 years ago for that.
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isisinacrisis
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| anneke wrote: | | Sitesa wrote: | | Actually long long ago egypt was not quite so arid. |
But that was before the Egyptian Civilization developed.
I think we're talking about 10,000 years ago for that. |
That's why they depended on the floods of the nile, and they lived on it's banks, it was the only way to get water in a land where it hardly rains.
Mind you, I have heard of the 'wet period' but that was waaaaaay before Egyptian civilisation. Apparently, at that time, the Sahara was a savanna, not a desert, but some weird climatic change caused it to dry up and become desert, I think. |
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Sesen
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OMG this thread has gone all over the show since yesterday!!
Mud wrestling....Robins gay green speedo's.... Questioning Thutmoses masculinity issues....and now a more staid comment on encroaching desert!
Actually back to Thutmose III, his mummy shows him to have been quite 'vertically challeged' as was Napoleon - reminds me of the 'unPC' saying regarding men of shorter stature...
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Rip Li
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| Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 8:46 am Post subject: movies |
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Stargate SG1 is gay...
The Scorpion, gay...
Loved both Mummy movies, however.
Indiana Jones was excellent.
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Kevin
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| Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: movies |
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| Rip Li wrote: | Stargate SG1 is gay...
The Scorpion, gay...
Loved both Mummy movies, however.
Indiana Jones was excellent.
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I'm assuming you mean happy and cheerful 
Please take a look at the rules as posts like this are potentially offensive to some people and won't be accepted here.
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Segereh
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Happy and cheerful... Why didn't I think of that one?
Good point though. |
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Rip Li
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 4:14 am Post subject: did not mean to offend |
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Please accept my apologies for that last post. It most definately was not meant to offend. That term is commonly used where I am from. It means "lame." I won't use it again in this forum.
Those movies were lame.
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Kevin
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For anyone that's interested, the teaser trailer for Alexander can be found here: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/alexander
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Kevin
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Again, for anyone interested, Warner Bros. has just given me the exlusive debut of the Alexander Theatre Banner. You can see it by clicking here
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