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Dig Days - Queen Sofia of Spain
Date: 
December 8, 2005 (All day)

I have met Queen Sofia of Spain four times, three times in Giza and once in Spain. I first met her majesty when she was accompanying an important group from Spain to the Pyramids. At that time I was a young archaeologist and had just started excavating at Giza. No one told me that the queen was joining this group. I was very surprised when I met her because she had heard of me and called me by name. I took the group to visit the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx and the Solar Boat Museum.

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