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For Egypt Lovers - What Egyptian stuff is in your home?
In mine there is:
- One of those round seats with pictures of the Pyramids on it - Old mens scarves (shell?) to warm oneself if cold in front of TV - Turquoise colored hippo from the Egyptian Museum - Papyrus photos
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My baby , ahmed's Galabeya, lots of mugs from khan el kelili, other bits and bobs
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I have an alabaster ankh... other than that just the food in the fridge and the clothes on my back Posts: 11097 | From: Cairo | Registered: May 2008
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A ring. Dress I bought for galabeya party. T-shirt I was given after hot air balloon ride. Three lil glass pyramids. Football top. Oh, and a fetus I have egyptian cotton sheets, but got those here lol
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Husband (well he's here soon!), camel saddle, papyrus pics, perfume bottles etc etc etc, well put it this way I told my friend after returning in January that I never bought much. Her reply was 'well you have probably bought everything available'!which is not far from the truth Posts: 4476 | From: Scotland | Registered: Mar 2006
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2 rings tons of dresses and scarves, lots of marble dolphins, a mummy figurine,lots of pictures. my husbands underwear herbs and teas, and i know there is more somewhere. oh and a big shisha that i got for my son on the last trip. had to take it all part just to get into 2 suitcases
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Well, I don't have a pyramid in the middle of my room (YET!! ). And this is how I fondly call it 'My Egyptian Room' - friends and guests are informed about it upon entering it! Posts: 2807 | From: Europe | Registered: Nov 2007
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A few gold pieces,some embroidered galabeyas i wear at home,and my much loved wooden musharabiya room divider.
Oh,and still got a couple of boxes of hibiscus tea for brewing...yum,yummy!
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quote:Originally posted by Sashyra8: and my much loved wooden musharabiya room divider.
darn, I knew I left something off my list . . . next trip!!
I have several papyrus (papyrii???), a few statues of bastet (different colors/stones, sizes, etc, lol), galabeya, perfume bottles, costumes (lol), head scarves (egypt is a great place to buy scarves of all sorts), silver cartouche, hamsa (one silver, one gold), necklace with my name in arabic, assorted stuff of all sorts!!! I even brought back a bed cover on this last trip . . . cotton and made in egypt (NOT china).
Oh, and you can't drag me back to The Pharonic Village for anything . . . I noticed the egyptian "ancient egyptians" acting strange when they thought no one was looking, lol. Although the best part was the boat ride on the Nile that included lunch . . . my first "cruise" on the Nile in 2004, hehe. I did not have my photo taken as an ancient egyptian as one of my friends did . . . too corny, sorry.
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i have an Egyptian necklace with my name on it. Egyptian sandals, Egyptian dress.Egyptian money.a coin purse.and i forget the rest.. ooo and a cat painting on some weird paper.
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I have a whole curio cabinet filled with little things, embroidered galabaya, gold necklaces, bracelet, books/food menus, rugs, shirts, skirts, shisha, coins, money and more. I think the only thing I don't have is a camel saddle. LOL
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quote:Originally posted by HandsUpHandsDown: I think the only thing I don't have is a camel saddle. LOL
Lol that's what I don't have either. I did bring a camel back home few years ago from a vacation in Hurghada. Hold on I didn't purchase a real one so don't worry! I bought it at the airport before returning to Germany. To tell you the truth it was a little uncomfortable in the airplane because we shared seats!! But he's very colorful, about 80 cm tall and enjoys standing next to our entertainment center in the living-room. All what I have to do is to free him from dust once in a while and sometimes I even talk to him!! Posts: 30135 | From: The owner of this website killed ES....... | Registered: Feb 2004
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I'm so gutted I left most of my stuff in cairo! Will have to collect it and more when i go back... U think Ahmed would fit into a suitcase as well??
YAH... I'm dying to comment on the fact that you listed your husband and then a camel saddle... are the two connected in some way?? lol Posts: 1248 | From: my sex is on fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Registered: Aug 2008
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my stuff: egyptian cotton tunics, key-rings, mugs, papyrus, spices, tins of baba-ghanoush, packets of various food stuffs, hibiscus leaves, books, bookmarkers,
Sams: pens, a lot of pyramid shaped stones, little snakes and insects in stones, footy shirts, key-rings, a lot of obelisks, and the usual touristy tat
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I stay away as much as possible from touristy stuff trinkets that you never kinda find a place to put it.Been there done that during my newbie tourist days Anyplace i go,not only Egypt.
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I can assure you Lumpy butt, husband and camel saddle are in no way connected Posts: 4476 | From: Scotland | Registered: Mar 2006
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quote:Originally posted by weirdkitty: So out of all these things- what is you favourite thing from egypt? (husbands and babies don't count!)
I have a necklace that I love, with my name in hieroglyphics. Wish I forked out a little extra to get one of better quality
Im still as much in love with my gorgeous wooden,mother-of-pearl inlaid musharabiya screen as when i bought it on 1998. Posts: 3833 | From: here,there,everywhere | Registered: Nov 2007
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My favourite item would be a pewter trinket box I have on my dressing table, it depicts a pharoah, queen, servants and lots of hieroglyphics. I also like my my necklace with our initials on it in hieroglyphics. Ofcourse my many holiday pics!
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One of my favorite things is a handkerchief with the initials of my husband and mine with a heart between. Initials made with Egyptian blood, in Egypt, by my Egyptian husband. Now beat that.
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hubby hubby's clothes our furniture pictures food in fridge and cupboard mozzies flies dust
all 100% Egyptian except the Salad Cream
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Oooooooooooooh......................salad cream........is it Heinz? Oh I could just go a salad cream and Canadian cheddar cheese sandwich on Burgen Bread............ Posts: 3416 | Registered: Oct 2007
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quote:Originally posted by anthropos 2.0: One of my favorite things is a handkerchief with the initials of my husband and mine with a heart between. Initials made with Egyptian blood, in Egypt, by my Egyptian husband. Now beat that.
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I sold everything when I left Egypt.... the entire contents of my flat, as I had to travel home with just 1 suitcase... All I've got is a gold cartouche with my name on it, somewehere in a drawer... from my first ever trip to Egypt... a Nile cruise in 1997. Ohhhh... and my prescription glasses I had made in Cairo!! I'm coming back to Hurghada in May, to see my old flat (My best friend took it over) and my beloved "trash bin cat." 6 weeks in Egypt....... whoopee!!!! Posts: 4238 | From: USA | Registered: Jul 2004
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in my kitchen i have jars of sahlab mix, herbal remedies for cleaning you out, all kinds of spices i dont use anymore and bags of hibiscus flowers, apple tobacco and coals.
in my living room i have 2 tabla drums, an assaya (dancing cane), zills hanging from a chandelier, an old islamic eye thing, a rug with some ancient egyptian people on it, and a prayer rug hanging on the wall, and beaded curtains between the kitchen and living room.
in my bedroom i have just a bunch of perfume bottles and insence stuff from egypt. i still even have some of my ex old clothes in the closet...ew.
in the attic is piles of arabic videotapes and flip flops from when his brother lived up there.
in my bathroom cabinet is a small box with a container of something called, 'kings cream' with arabic writing on it and a picture of what looks like the dancer hayatem on the outside. its a cream the man puts underneath his weener that makes him more viable in bed. lol, it was his and i got no clue where the hell he got it.
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I took alot of photos in black and white- and framed them as a wall decoration. I have a large brown/gold pillow seat, a bust of queen NEFETTI, on my bookshelf, i have candle holders made out of alabaster, hand made pillows from my mother in law, ( I guess I can include them- she was egyptian) and a copper plate with a muslim prayer on it, glass perfume bottles on my dresser. My husband brought me 20 boxes of my favorite ginger tea, covers one entire shelf in my kitchen cupboard. I might have around 30 scrafs I just love them all. I have been to egypt 3 times now- and I always find something to bring back to add to my home.
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herbs and teas, and i know there is more somewhere. oh and a big shisha that i got for my son on the last trip. had to take it all part just to get into 2 suitcases
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