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You can read about the scale for years and still not be ready for the first time you stand under it. A teal kaftan, a camel wearing a better blanket than my whole outfit, and a long straight road out to the plateau.

March 2022 · 7 photos

  • Neké Akua crouching on the sand in a teal embroidered kaftan, the weathered blocks of the Great Pyramid filling the frame behind her.
  • Neké Akua from behind in a teal embroidered kaftan, hands raised in a heart shape before the Great Pyramid of Giza.
  • Neké Akua standing beside a resting camel in a red and blue tasselled blanket, three pyramids on the horizon behind them.
  • Neké Akua walking up the middle of the desert road at Giza in a teal kaftan, a pyramid rising dead center ahead of her.
  • Neké Akua in a teal embroidered kaftan looking back over her shoulder on the sand at Giza, the pyramids behind her.
  • Neké Akua seated on a decorated camel in a teal kaftan, a pyramid standing in the haze behind them.
  • Neké Akua from behind with both arms raised over her head, framed against a pyramid under a pale, hazy sky.

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