Hanging with Alexander the Great and Hercules (photo) at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt.
After getting the scoop on Egyptian dynasties, mummification and King Tut, The Idiot spent time in the Greco-Roman period (332 BC-395 AD) at Cairo’s Egyptian Museum and discovered an alabaster head of a young Alexander the Great, who was a mere 24-year-old when he arrived in Egypt. Watch this space!
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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