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refreshment stands and souvenir vendors the guidebook complained about, only the unbroken expanse of
deep sand and the white, even sky, and in the distance the three yellow pyramids, standing in a row.

тАЬ тАШThe tallest of the three is the Pyramid of Cheops, built in 2690 B.C.,тАЩ тАЭ Zoe says, reading as she
walks. тАЬ It took thirty years to complete.тАШ тАЭ

тАЬYou have to take a taxi to get to the Pyramids,тАЭ I say. тАЬThereтАЩs a lot of traffic.тАЭ

тАЬ тАШIt was built on the west bank of the Nile, which the ancient Egyptians believed was the land of the
dead.тАЩ тАЭ

There is a flicker of movement ahead, between the pyramids, and I stop and shade my eyes against the
glare to look at it, hoping it is a souvenir vendor, but I canтАЩt see anything.

We start walking again.


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It flickers again, and this time I catch sight of it running, hunched over, its hands nearly touching the
ground. It disappears behind the middle pyramid.

тАЬI saw something,тАЭ I say, catching up to Zoe. тАЬSome kind of animal. It looked like a baboon.тАЭ

Zoe leafs through the guidebook and then says, тАЬMonkeys. TheyтАЩre found frequently near Giza. They
beg for food from the tourists.тАЭ

тАЬThere arenтАЩt any tourists,тАЭ I say.

тАЬI know,тАЭ Zoe says happily. тАЬI told you weтАЩd avoid the rush.тАЭ

тАЬYou have to go through customs, even in Egypt,тАЭ I say. тАЬYou canтАЩt just leave the airport.тАЭ

тАЬ The pyramid on the left is Kheophren,тАШ тАЭ Zoe says, тАЬ тАЩbuilt in B.C.тАШ тАЬ

тАЬIn the movie, they wouldnтАЩt believe they were dead even when somebody told them,тАЭ I say. тАЬGiza is
nine miles from Cairo.тАЭ

тАЬWhat are you talking about?тАЭ Neil says. Lissa has stopped again and is leaning against him, standing on
one foot and shaking her sandal out. тАЬThat mystery of LissaтАЩs, Death on the Nile?тАЭ

тАЬThis was a movie,тАЭ I say. тАЬThey were on this ship, and they were all dead.тАЭ

тАЬWe saw that movie, didnтАЩt we, Zoe?тАЭ ZoeтАЩs husband says. тАЬMia Farrow was in it, and Bette Davis. And
the detective guy, what was his nameтАФтАЭ

тАЬHercule Poirot,тАЭ Zoe says. тАЬPlayed by Peter Ustinov. тАШThe Pyramids are open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 P.
M. Evenings there is a Son et Lumiere show with colored floodlights and a narration in English and