Colossus of Ramesses II
Category: Sites
Memphis Acropolis
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.
Read MoreAlabaster Sphinx
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
Read MoreAbu Sir
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.
Read MorePyramid of Sahure
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.
Read MorePyramid of Niuserre
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.
Read MoreInside the Great Pyramid
I think that every tourist in Egypt wants to go into the Great Pyramid — for many, it i the highlight of the trip.
Read MoreCollapsed Pyramid of Amenemhet III
Of the three Middle Kingdom pyramids at Dashur, the best remains belong to Amenemhet III, a ruler of the 12th Dynasty. This one, though, is almost unrecognizable as a pyramid.
Read MoreBent Pyramid
