Pyramids are very tall!!

Cairo, Giza, Pyramids and Sphinx

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December 19th 2009
We are having a great time here. We arrived in Cairo 3 hours late because of a sandstorm at the airport. We waited it out on the tarmac in Sharm el sheikh, which is on the red sea across from Saudi Arabia. When we finally got to Cairo we spent day 1 in Islamic Cairo, then onto a small island in the Nile which is where the American and British embassies are and some nice pubs and restaurants. On da ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Giza

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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