Pyramid of Menkaure

The large gash you see in the side of the smallest (but still enormous!) pyramid is the result of Saladin's son Malek Abdel Aziz's idea to dismantle it in AD 1186. He spent 8 months doing it and finally gave up after achieving very little.

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January 27th 2006
January 13, 2006 (Cairo, Egypt) Shannon: Today was our first full day in Cairo, having arrived yesterday afternoon. My first impression: chaotic and loud. Cairo is a huge, sprawling metropolis with 16 million inhabitants. As we tried to navigate our way to our hotel, the streets were choked with people. It didn’t help that we arrived during the holiday of Eid, which made things even ... read more

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more

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