1) Pyramid Of Khufu
14/11/2001 10:41:52 AM
After September 11, the World Trade Center Attack, not too many tourists, so the few tourists became the center of attraction for locals. They made me feel more important than the four thousand years old Pyramids. |
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2) Rocks Of The Pyramid
14/11/2001 10:46:14 AM
I thought they were little rocks. Now I knew they were taller than me. |
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3) Khafre Under The Sun
14/11/2001 11:17:56 AM
It doesn't look too big but it is. |
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4) Solar Boat Museum
14/11/2001 11:23:52 AM
The boat they found buried beneath the sand. It was the transportation for the Pharaohs in the underworld. Now their private boat is in the museum. I suppose the Pharaohs need to take public transports now. |
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5) Solar Boat Pits
18/11/2001 9:01:16 AM
That's the hole where they found the boat. There's no boat now but garbage. |
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6) Bigger Solar Boat Pits
18/11/2001 9:01:22 AM
It was a pretty big boat. |
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7) Chephren Mortuary Temple
14/11/2001 11:33:16 AM
It was a temple of some kind. |
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8) Anothe Solar Boat Pit
18/11/2001 9:01:30 AM
Big boat, big pit. |
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9) Queens Pyarmid
14/11/2001 11:50:56 AM
The camel riders suffered the most after September 11th. All the American tourists disappeared. |
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10) Sphinx And The Pyramid
14/11/2001 11:58:14 AM
The lion face man. |
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11) Money Pits Of The Sphinx
14/11/2001 12:02:14 PM
Money, the lion face man was still generating income for their country after thousands of years. |
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12) Sphinx Missing His Nose
18/11/2001 9:02:04 AM
Where's my nose? Hey Britons, give me back my nose. |
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13) Great Behind Ot The Sphinx
18/11/2001 9:02:08 AM
The beautiful behind of the Great beast. |
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14) Sphinx
14/11/2001 12:11:24 PM
They were all locals. Very very few foreign tourists. |
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15) Sphinx With No Nose
14/11/2001 12:15:14 PM
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16) Entrance To The Great Pyramid
18/11/2001 9:02:26 AM
That's the secret entrance of the Great Pyramid. It was guarded by curses and traps. Now every simple tourist could visit the inside of the Pyramid (After paying 20p for each visit). |
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17) Garbage Around The Pyramid
18/11/2001 9:02:32 AM
Dance of the garbage. |
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18) Reliefs Of The Cemetry
14/11/2001 12:47:52 PM
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19) Writing Inside The Western Cemetry
18/11/2001 9:02:38 AM
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20) Go Up To The Pyramid
18/11/2001 9:02:46 AM
This's how the inside of the pyramid look like. It was pretty well preserved. |
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21) The Top Of The Pyramid
18/11/2001 9:02:52 AM
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22) Inside Khufu
18/11/2001 9:02:56 AM
That's where Pharaoh used to sleep. |
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23) No Ghosts But Horrible Students
14/11/2001 1:21:36 PM
They were not ghost. They were only noisy students. |
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24) Ceiling Of The Stepway
18/11/2001 9:03:04 AM
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25) Quiet After Students Left
14/11/2001 1:31:16 PM
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26) Inside The Pyramid
18/11/2001 9:03:14 AM
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27) Pathway Down The Pyramid
14/11/2001 1:39:44 PM
This is another Pyarmid (another 20p). This one is smaller. |
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28) Outside The Pyramid
18/11/2001 9:03:22 AM
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29) Top Of Khafre
24/11/2001 11:29:30 PM
The whole pyramid used to be covered by those limestones. Someone (perhaps Napoleon) used them to build palace or something. |
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30) Great Pyramid
14/11/2001 1:55:54 PM
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31) Pathway To The Centre
18/11/2001 9:03:40 AM
So I visisted yet another Pyramid. |
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32) The Coffine Of The Paraoh
14/11/2001 2:06:52 PM
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33) The Shamless Man Who Wrote Inside The Pyramid
14/11/2001 2:07:58 PM
He probably thought it was cool. March 1818, that was 183 years ago. |
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34) Pyramid Of Khafre
14/11/2001 2:32:50 PM
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35) Smallest Pyramid
14/11/2001 2:42:46 PM
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36) Cairo From The Pyramids
14/11/2001 3:05:08 PM
Cairo was not far away from the Pyramids. |
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37) The Queens Pyramid And Menkaure
14/11/2001 3:07:06 PM
The queen's pyramid. |
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38) The Step Pyramids
14/11/2001 3:14:38 PM
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39) The Two Great Pyramids From The Desert
14/11/2001 3:19:00 PM
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40) Time Is Late
18/11/2001 9:04:16 AM
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41) The Six Pyramids
14/11/2001 4:24:10 PM
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42) Menkaure And The Queens
14/11/2001 4:26:34 PM
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43) The Queens Pyramid From Menkaure
14/11/2001 4:53:02 PM
Climbing the Pyramid:
Climbing the Pyramid is forbidden but possible (dangerous too).
Here's how you can do it:
Stay at the desert area behind Menkaure (the smallest
pyramid) until around 4:30pm or after eveyone left.
Walked to Menkaure and wander around. Soon a guard will
come by and chat with you. So chat with him.
If he smells your money, then he will offer
you a chance to climb the pyramid. Refuse at first
unless you are willing to pay 100p. After he spent
conseiderable amount of effort to convince you, you
should consent for a try. He will take you to
the manager of the guards. Bargain with him.
Tell him you are a poor student and can only afford
five pounds. You will reach a final price of 20p.
Then he will
climb with you (and tried to get some tips from you,
give him 2p and be nice).
Warning: It's not difficult to kill yourself if you
are not careful, consider that is the reason why
they forbid people climbing it at the first place.
You don't want to be in the "Stupid Tourist Hall of
Fame" for killing yourself on the pyramid. Imagine how
embarrsing it would be if someone 100 years later
sees on the pyramid: "Mr. so and so was killed
when climbing the pyramid". If you are not comfortable
about climbing, don't try. |
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44) Climbing The Pyramid And Looked Down
14/11/2001 4:53:32 PM
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45) Steps Pyramid From The Top Of Menkaure
14/11/2001 4:53:42 PM
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46) Little Queen Pyramid
18/11/2001 9:04:42 AM
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47) Sunset From The Top Of Pyramid
14/11/2001 4:54:16 PM
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48) Queens Pyramid Looks Small From Above
18/11/2001 9:04:50 AM
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49) The Guard Who I Bribed
18/11/2001 9:04:56 AM
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50) Light And Sound Show
14/11/2001 7:17:54 PM
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