Highlights of Egypt in Pictures

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 17:03:53 +0000

Various pics from Luxor & Karnak and Cairo that were not featured in the blog posts!

View at Mena House Hotel overlooking Pyramids at Giza

The Temple Of Hatshepsut, first female Pharaoh, 1479 B.C.

The Temple of Hatshepsut

The Colossi of Memnon, still standing sentry since 1350 B.C.

Entrance to Temple at Luxor, 1400 B.C.

Avenue of the Sphinxes at Luxor

Luxor

Ramses at Luxor

Some of the 134 columns in the Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, 2055 B.C.

Karnak Detail

The Obelisk of Hatshepsut at Karnak

Ramshead sphinxes at Karnak (with mini pharaohs in between the paws!)

Temple of Esna, 250 A.D. (now 9 meters below sea level)

The colored columns inside Esna

The Temple Edfu, 200 BC

Detail at Edfu

The Temple of Kom Ombo, 180 B.C. The House of the Crocodile King, aka Sobek

Horus (the Falcon King) and Sobek (The Crocodile King)

Sunset on the Nile

The Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo

Islamic Cairo / Madrasa of Sultan Hassan

Al Rifa’i Mosque

Mosque of Mohammed Ali

Cairo Cityscape

Giza Plateau

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The “MUST-SEES” in EGYPT-Part 1

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 23:47:50 +0000

The Sphinx

Yes, everyone who goes to Egypt wants to see the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx

And they certainly are MUST-SEES.

But so is Sakkara, the VERY FIRST PYRAMID from 2700 B.C. and pre-dating the pyramids at Giza!

Sakkara the Step Pyramid, 2700 B.C.

It’s about 45 minutes outside of Cairo. The day we went, there was NO ONE THERE except excavation teams. Their work is never done in Egypt! There are tombs all over this site.

We were able to go INSIDE the Sakkara pyramid, which opened to the public for the first time ever last year. The inside shaft was completely hand-dug and it’s an engineering feat-especially when you remind yourself that it is almost 5,000 years old.

There’s a small museum dedicated to the genius architect of Sakkara, Imhoetep, who designed this for King Zoser. Very worthy to spend time inside checking out the artifacts that have been found onsite, including this gorgeous blue tile, check it out in the video clip below:

Tools and paint palettes!

A New Friend

I recommend Sakkara as a DO NOT MISS when in Egypt!

And of course we went to check out the Pyramids at Giza. It was super hot and hazy but once again, there was hardly any people here! You simply are in awe looking at these last great wonders of the ancient world, and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Did you know you can go INSIDE the Great Pyramid (that would be the largest one)?

I recommend only if you are not claustrophobic, not afraid of heights as its pretty steep, and don’t mind crouching for a long way! I could only get this far. And-there’s NOTHING inside anyway!

INSIDE the Great Pyramid!

And you will probably take cheesy pics like this!

And you will probably do this!

The Sphinx is also on the Giza plateau, and—it’s smaller than you think!

To give you some idea of scale….

Had to walk around Security to get this front-on pic

There’s a nightly Sound & Light Show at the Pyramids, but don’t expect a Disney-esque presentation, more like 1970’s Richard Burton doing Marc Antony!

The Sound & Light Show at the Pyramids

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Highlights of Egypt in Pictures

The “MUST-SEES” in EGYPT-Part 1