Although I would have liked to have seen much more, I only had a day in Egypt and so it was that I headed off to the Pyramids. I was bowled over. I knew they were big, but not
that big! The sight was awe-inspiring ... and the Sphinx ... well ... impossible to take it all in.
Having had my mind blown by the complex at Giza, the remainder of the day was spent having my mind blown by the treasures of Tut-ankh-amun in the Cairo Museum.
Sadly, one day wasn't really long enough, but that's all I had and one must snatch the opportunity when it's presented.
Camel ride, Meester?Him: Camel ride, Mister?
Me: Where?
Him: Round the Pyramid.
Me: Why?
Him: Big pleasure, Sir.
Me: What? Back here? Tell you what, I'll charge you £10 to carry my heavy rucksack over there and back
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How Big?Now, you thought that bar of chocolate was big. But this is bigger. Much bigger than that tree you climbed as a kid. No, much much bigger than biggest thing you've ever seen. The blocks that comprise
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The Pyramids of Khafre and KhufuDespite the fact that the modes of transport indicate otherwise, the ancient monuments were photographed recently. Unfortunately, their sheer size doesn't really come across - although if you COULD se
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Sphinx and PyramidIt's amazing how something the size of Khafre's Pyramid makes something the size of the Sphinx look so small. And yet, the Sphinx is the largest stone sculpture ever made by man. There's over 4500 yea
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Time for your close-up ...Egyptian workmen dug a deep, U-shaped ditch that isolated a huge rectangular bedrock block for carving the Sphinx. This enclosure is deepest immediately around the body, with a shelf at the rear of th
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