Twelve Mile Circle – An Appreciation of Unusual Places

Tag: Egypt

  • Rock Cut

    Architectural styles sometimes make it onto the pages of Twelve Mile Circle. Remember Pueblo Deco and Egyptian Revival? Then I stumbled across another noteworthy example. I considered structures I’d wondered about before, carved directly from their stony landscapes. Nonetheless, I didn’t realize at the time that it had a name, Rock Cut Architecture. This style…

  • Oxbows in Africa

    I’m sensitive to the frequency of 12MC article pushpins that increase exponentially as one gets closer to my approximate home. I write about what I know best, and geographic distance permeates that equation. That leaves many areas of the earth underserved and creates a vicious circle. Residents of those places don’t hit the Twelve Mile…

  • Longest Google Maps Routes

    [EDITOR’S NOTE: Google Maps changes its algorithms over time. Many of the solutions developed when the article was written in 2012 no longer work] I received an email message from 12MC reader Andrew a few days ago. He said that he and a friend have been playing a game using Google Maps. The rules are…

  • Egypt Returning to Normal?

    Much of the world watched events unfold in Egypt during January and into February 2011. I know I couldn’t pull away from CNN on the day that pro-government thugs pushed through Tahrir Square on camels and horseback (map). I kept watching into the wee hours as running street battles unfolded on live television. So I…