We spent a day travelling around the area close to Cairo. First we saw the Giza plateau with its majestic pyramids and the mysterious sphinx. At the back of sphinx there are signs of water erosion, from prolonged exposure to rain, since there has not been rain in this area for 9000 years the dating of the sphinx needs to be re-examined. We also went to the Saqqra complex to see the oldest of the pyramids according to main stream egyptologists and visit some of the underground chambers and tunnel system. The Dahshur complex is a little further south and includes the Dahshur pyramid, which is bent, allegedly because they changed their minds during construction and the Red Pyramid, which we went inside. Inside the pyramid there is an atmosphere, similar to when you enter a
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