The highlight of visiting Cairo is obviously a visit to the Pyramids and the enigmatic Sphinx!
The Great Pyramid is huge!
We chose not to enter the tombs inside it.......although there was a long line snaking up to enter.
Talk of the need to crouch for a long time in dimly lit tunnels turned me off...particularly as I am claustrophobic.
Walking up close to the pyramid one could see how large the limestone building blocks were! One has to wonder how building it was achieved 4000 years ago!
We went up behind the pyramids to view the pyramid plain.....
and also the camels!
Then we visited the Khufu ship.......buried for around 4000 years at the base of the Grand Pyramid, probably meant to bring the dead king onwards in the afterlife!
It had been dismounted and placed in a pit ready to be re assembled!!
The assembled ship is now housed in its own building, where it was found, at the base of the Grand Pyramid....
Then finally a visit to the Sphinx!
We chose not to enter the tombs inside it.......although there was a long line snaking up to enter.
Talk of the need to crouch for a long time in dimly lit tunnels turned me off...particularly as I am claustrophobic.
Walking up close to the pyramid one could see how large the limestone building blocks were! One has to wonder how building it was achieved 4000 years ago!
We went up behind the pyramids to view the pyramid plain.....
and also the camels!
It had been dismounted and placed in a pit ready to be re assembled!!
Then finally a visit to the Sphinx!
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