Tutankhamun certainly had a good life in Egypt,...

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...and that's beautifully celebrated in the Cairo Museum,...

...but for normal mortal Egyptians...

...whether selling bread for 1¢ or gold for $100...

...the Koran confers comfort and immortality, while foreign tourists...

...just focus on the now, shopping in fantastic Khan el Khalili market.

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Pictures left side: Tutankhamun's death mask in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo; a cheerful roadside sign near Saqquara; reading the Koran in a jeweller's. Right side: a regal chair in the Cairo Museum; a downtown Cairo bread seller; Egypt's best souk, Khan el Khalili.

Khan el Khalili bazaar is a tourist must-do, but considering the narrow streets and individual interests, this is a must-do in pairs or very small groups. This fascinating shopping area, arguably the world's best souk [way better than Fez or Marrakesh] and filled with a huge range of wonderful goodies as well as terrible neo-Nefertiti trash would be a disaster in a sluggish herd of tat-grazers. Escape! And no, it's not dangerous...more Cairo information...

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