Tomb of Inefret

February 4, 2003.Reading time less than 1 minute.

One of the smaller tombs in the complex of Saqqara, from the fifth dynasty

Colossus of Ramesses II

February 4, 2003.Reading time 4 minutes.

If you aren’t familiar with Ramesses II before you go to Egypt, you will be heartily sick of him afterwards! No other pharaoh embarked on such a monumental building plan throughout Egypt

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Memphis Acropolis

February 4, 2003.Reading time 2 minutes.

The rest of the site of the “lost” city of Memphis is a small garden with some pieces of statuary, and remains of an embalming house attached to the long-gone Temple of Ptah.

Alabaster Sphinx

February 4, 2003.Reading time 1 minute.

Everyone has seen the face of the giant Great Sphinx at Giza, but most people don’t see the hundreds of sphinxes that remain in the temples and ruins in Egypt. The Great Sphinx is certainly not alone

Abu Sir

February 5, 2003.Reading time 2 minutes.

Abu Sir is just a bit south of Cairo, and is part of the swath of pyramid fields that run alongside the Nile. The crumbled monuments here are only a few of the 300 pyramids in Egypt.

Pyramid of Sahure

February 5, 2003.Reading time 3 minutes.

The pyramid of Sahure (named “The Rising of the Ba Spirit”) is built as a core of blocks of limestone , and originally consisted of five or six steps with the blocks held together with a mud mortar.

Pyramid of Niuserre

February 5, 2003.Reading time 1 minute.

The pyramid is called “The Places of Niuserre Established”, and was constructed of seven steps of limestone blocks and mortar, and covered with a casing of fine white limestone.

Inside the Great Pyramid

February 5, 2003.Reading time 4 minutes.

I think that every tourist in Egypt wants to go into the Great Pyramid — for many, it i the highlight of the trip.

Collapsed Pyramid of Amenemhet III