Old Gizers?

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and then there were the antiquities

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Photos

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An outhouse...literally ...it was built out the exterior wall so one wouldn't contaminate the space within the wall.!

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Again the British legacy in Cairo

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A parking meter! Looks pretty ancient to me

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Isn't she lovely

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Inside abu Simbal . The carvings and paintings were awesome...I think they were the most impressive things I saw in Egypt

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They moved Abu Simbal ...the story boardsshowed how they did it. Wow!

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So many antiquities are missing their noses ...not sure why.

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The Temple in Luxor ... right in the middle of town!

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The temple of Hatshepsut ...I really liked it and the view to the Nile was wonderful !

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Abu Simbal...Ramses's temple moved so that it wouldn't be drowned and lost when they built the Aswan Dam

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From the walls of Hatshepsut's temple

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Neferitis temple

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At Hatshepsut's temple

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Cleopatra's only obelesk left in Egyptl ... at Thebes

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Part of the temple complex in Luxor

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Hatshepsut's Temple

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Islamic Cairo

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Inside the mosque at the Citidal in Cairo

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The Museum in Cairo ...a British legacy can you tell?

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Mount Sinai...it was really cold !

Comments

[judith]

amazing
Thanks for sharing all of these amazing pictures. Keep sending them. I am enjoying them and I am sure that you had a wonderful and awe-inspiring time there with the Old Gizers. Judith

[Shirl]

Very interesting photographs, Pam. Such history!

[Lynn]

Wow! I love the architecture in the picture of Islamic Cairo!

[R&C]

WOW!!!!!
Some old stuff, eh? Surprisingly well preserved. Is it the dryness, or what does preserve it so well? Very interesting. You get to relive your trip with each group of photos you select & send. Good for you. R&C