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The phrase “stranger in a strange land” originates from the Bible, Exodus 2:22, “And she bare [Moses] a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.”

Since the “strange land” in question was Egypt, there’s a nice resonance with Pyramids itself in Terry’s use of the phrase.

These days, people may be more familiar with the quote as the title of Robert Heinlein’s 60s cult science fiction book.

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