Our First View of the Pyramids in Giza - Note how the City is Right up Against the Sand Dunes
Here is a Better View of the Confluence of the City of Giza, just Outside of Cairo, the Sand Dunes and the Pyramids - It Definitely was Very Sudden
This is an Old Palace by the Pyramids but is now a Hotel
Pyramid of Khephren, the One that Still has the Limestone Cap
Our First Closeup of a Camel and His Rider, in this Case a Policeman
Getting Closer the Sheer Size of the Pyramids is Visible by the Size of the People Walking Around it. They are Around 150 M in Height
View of the Pyramid of Khufu. The Hole in the Side was Where Pyramid Robbers First Blasted the Pyramid to Get Inside. The Actual New Entrance is on the Opposite Side of the Pyramid. The Buildings in Front Contain Elaborate Boats for use by the Pharaohs in the Afterlife
Closeup, as Close as you can get, to the Limestone Cap of the Pyramid of Khephren
Telephoto View of the Limestone Cap
To get a Feel for the Size, Look at the Size of the Blocks on at the Base
Here is Nancy Right up Against those Blocks
Now we are Looking up to the Limestone Cap - These Things are Enormous and the Engineering to Complete These Projects the Many Millenia Ago is Mind Boggling
Yup, Walt was there too
These are "Mastabas", which are the Burial Sites of the Lesser Folks
Police were all over the Place. At the Beginning of the Cruise we were Warned that Egypt, and Especially around the Pyramids, Was the Most Notorious for Rip-Offs. We Saw Some People from the Cruise Ignore that Warning and Got Taken
This is a Broader View of the Giza Pyramids and Some of the Mastabas Surrounding them
There were Three Smaller Pyramids to the Side. These are the Pyramids of the Queens
Closer View of a Queen's Pyramid - Not nearly as Grandiose as the Pharoahs
Here are the Three Queen's Pyramids with Cairo in the Background
Looking across the Sand Dunes to the Giza Pyramids
Our Last View of the Pyramids
