LUXOR ETCHED IN STONE, EGYPT'S ANCIENT MAJESTY ECHOES THROUGH THE AGES

From: The Boston Globe | Date: October 23, 1988| Author: William A. Davis, Globe Staff | Copyright information
LUXOR, Egypt - Here is a riddle that might even perplex The Sphinx: Why is Upper Egypt like a pajama party?

The answer, admittedly a subjective one, is that the almost universal male garb of Upper Egypt is the galabiyya, a flowing cotton garment much like an old-fashioned nightgown. Because of the prevalence of this outfit, the antiquities-rich region -- roughly that section of the celebrated Nile Valley from Luxor to Aswan -- repeatedly struck me as a slightly out-of-control slumbe...

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