pyramidsSunday September 12, 2004
pyramids, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
Approaching the pyramid site. Left the great pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), to the right the pyramid of Khafre (Chephren).
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Khufu pyramidSunday September 12, 2004
Khufu pyramid, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
Note the hole in the front: the entrance.
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Khufu pyramidSunday September 12, 2004
Khufu pyramid, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
UFO landing on top of the pyramid.
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Khafre pyramidSunday September 12, 2004
Khafre pyramid, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
(Chephren pyramid) Personally, I prefer this pyramid over the Khufu one, although is a bit smaller (only 60cm or so). The white area on the top used to be part the smooth top layer, which covered the whole pyramid ones.
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Khufu pyramidSunday September 12, 2004
Khufu pyramid, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
"Very big, very old" (Camel owner, 1999 - quote from the Lonely Planet) This one hasn't any top layer left.
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Queen tombSunday September 12, 2004
Queen tomb, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
A closer look into the lower chamber of the tomb.
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HieroglyphsSunday September 12, 2004
Hieroglyphs, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
Hieroglyphs locked and hidden away somewhere on the pyramid site to prevent tourist from discovering too much.
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SphinxSunday September 12, 2004
Sphinx, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
Burried on and off uptill it's neck in sand for 4500 years, the Sphinx was finally cleared again to reveal a lion's body in 1926.
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SphinxSunday September 12, 2004
Sphinx, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
Very original shot of the Sphinx... To the left the smaller pyramid of Menkaure (Mycerinus) and right again the Khafre pyramid.
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SphinxSunday September 12, 2004
Sphinx, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
The Sphinx owes it's name to the ancient Greeks, for who it resembled a mythical winged monster with a woman's head and lion's body, killing anyone who was unable to answer it's riddles... (Now a days that job it strictly reserved to the local camel owners and hasslers.)
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TombSunday September 12, 2004
Tomb, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
A small tomb near the Sphinx.
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SphinxSunday September 12, 2004
Sphinx, Giza, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
According to a recent investigation, the Sphinx probably portrays pharaoh Khafre. Though judging from the cheeckbones, I think it looks more like a woman.
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