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Noisy, lively Cairo
The streets are jammed with cars, buses,
wagons, bicycles, etc (and I never saw anyone obey traffic signs!)
Honk Honk Honk...all day long... |
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View of El Gezira, an island on the Nile just outside of Cairo. |
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Panorama view
There they are in all their glory... |
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The Great Pyramid at sunset
The light is so different in late afternoon - the
Pyramids are golden
against a turquois sky. |
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Entrance to the Great Pyramid
The tourist entrance is to the lower right of the original entrance.
From here you follow a winding cavernous tunnel leading to
a cramped
stairway and eventually to the King's
Chamber. Stuffy air, dim lighting,
and echoeing noises
make this a truly haunting experience... |
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The area is swarming
with peddlers who literally follow you around
pushing
camel rides, postcards, souvenirs, bottled water, etc etc.
The only way for me to get this guy to leave me alone
was to snap his
picture and fork over a pound! |
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The Sphinx
Majestic on its own... |
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...but rather small when compared to the Pyramids |
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Explore the Pyramids on my other site Virtual World 3d!
Fly around the Giza Plateau, view the pyramids as they might have looked when first built, look inside
the Great Pyramid, and more! |
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These next few pictures are 3d models I created to enhance your virtual tour.
This one is the bird's eye view of the Giza Plateau. The sphinx is out front as the eternal guardian; the small pyramid
at the far left is Mycerinus, the center is Chephren (the Great Pyramid), and the one on the right is Cheops.
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Fly around the Giza Plateau in this animated movie!
Both high and low speed connections, and
you'll need Quicktime Player:
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...and looking straight down |
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To give you an idea just how huge the Great Pyramid is, it is higher than 3 Statues of Liberty,
and wider than 3 Boeing 747s! |
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A look inside the Great Pyramid - truly an incredible mystery.
There are 3 main rooms: the King's Chamber, the Queen's
Chamber, and the Subterranean Chamber which is underground. (The pyramid walls in reality do not extend below gound level)
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The so-called "air shafts" extending from the King's & Queen's Chambers actually point to major constellations:
Orion, Sirius, Draco, and Ursa Minor. |
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Here is a cross-section of the interior viewed from an angle. (The pyramid walls in reality do not extend underground)
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FREE Egypt Brochures!
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