Islamic Cairo - Tuesday September 14, 2004
Islamic Cairo has some of the messiest streets Cairo has to offer... (Uhm, is that woman following me? I could have sworn I've seen her before...)
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Abdeen Palace - Tuesday September 14, 2004
Former royal residence, occasionally used by president Mubarak for official business.
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Cairo - Tuesday September 14, 2004
Parking lot near Abdeen Palace. One of the few quiet places in Cairo.
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Talaat Harb street - Monday September 13, 2004
Buzy night at the Talaat Harb street.
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(Entrance.) Inside: a.o. Akhenaten (Achnaton) statues, animal mummies, the Royal Mummy Room, Book of the Dead scrolls and the Tutankhamun galleries (with the famous golden deathmask). Unfortunuately cameras weren't allowed inside :(
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Egyptian Museum - Monday September 13, 2004
Garden in front of the museum.
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Uhm...Tom Cruise and Will Smith ("I, Robot")... Aparantly they have handpainted movie billboards in Cairo.
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A "false door" inside a tomb near the Khufu pyramid. These doors where considered magic by the ancient Egyptians, in other words the spirit of the one burried behind could pass, while the living can't...
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Ancient Egyptian Cementary, west of the Khufu pyramid.
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Panoramic view of Giza town, viewed from between the pyramid of Khafre (Chephren, l), the great pyramid of Khufu (Cheops, barely visible right behind Khafre's pyramid) and the small pyramid of Menkaure (Mycerinus, r).
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Close up. Supprisingly, in contradiction to the Khufu pyramid, there's nothing preventing you from climbing this one...(although I didn't try.)
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