Egypt is a country is an Arabian country in the Northeast of Africa. Famous
for its old culture. That's one of the reasons I wanted to see it for a long
time. Finally In February and March 2002 I got the chance to go there. I tried
to spend as much time as possible looking around. And I made a lot of pictures
of which I will share "just a few" with you.
 The
Egyptian Museum, in neoclassical style, which houses the famous mummies,
was one of the first things I paid a visit. |
 Near
the entrance you will find a lot of Sarcophagus. |
 The
more beautiful one just for King Tutanchamon |
 The
mask of King Tutanchamon |
 It
also houses a lot of statues. |
 The
pyramids as seen from the road when driving out of Cairo |
 Approaching
the grounds.. On the left side the somewhat smaller pyramid is that of Mycerinus(still
62 m high(originally 66,5m)), the middle one is that of Chephren, and the
right one is the famous pyramid of Cheops, In front of the right one you
see a queens pyramid which I have climbed. |
 The
often made.. I have been there picture, just outside the grounds. |
 Getting
closer.. The pyramid of Chephren (height 136,5 m originally 143,5 m) |
 On
this picture you get an idea on the size of the pieces of rock used. THis
is the Pyramid of Cheops which I have also entered. You can see the entrance
slightly to the right-top side of the center of the image. |
 The
pyramid of Cheops as seen from the top of a somewhat smaller queens' pyramid
(The complex at Giza houses 9 pyramids of which only 3 are really big and
6 are called queens' pyramids) A shame that nobody was at the bottom of
this pyramid to take a picture, so you will just have to believe me. |
 Lots
of people were trying to sell rides on camel like this one. |
 We
could enter a few tombs. |
 And
some more. |
 I
just thought I needed more pictures of this place. |
 The
second visit I made to the Pyramids was after official closing time. A local
"watchman" however was very friendly and showed us a route into
the complex. He was good friends with the tourist police so they let us
on the site. The routing was through the slums so we had a chance to take
pictures like these. |
 So
there we were after closing time. |
 Allowing
the opportunity to take a nice picture of a setting sun. |
 Shortly
after this the sound and light show would start which we visited (the regular
way) |
 During
this show, the pyramids and Sphinx are floodlighted or use is made of laser
to tell a story. The sphinx tells the story... |
 During
the first visit I made some detailed pictures of the Sphinx, who is guarding
the complex as well. |
 Quite
a large piece of rock as well, with a length of almost 50 m. |
 And
a huge head. Click on this image for a 1024*768 image usable as wallpaper. |
 A
picture made from the side of the Sphinx. |
 Near
the Khan el kalili souq you can find the Mosque of al-Azhar |
 Next
to Khan el kalili is the Mosque of Sayyidna al-Hussein |
 If
it is glossy it will attract, the seller must have been thinking |
 A
medieval gate can be found in Khan el Kalili bazaar. |
 In
this bazaar more medieval architecture can be found |
 Souvenirs
for everyone. |
 Who
needs a waterpipe? |
 Some
hard work to make these copper plates. |
 Mosque
Mohammed Ali in the citadel |
 A
gift from France in Mohammed Ali mosque |
 The
ceiling in Mohammed Ali mosque |
 Mosque
Nasir Mohammed |
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 Cairo
tower as seen form the Citadel |
 Mosques
near the citadel |
 Inside
a church in Coptic Cairo |
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 St.
Barbera church |
 St.
George |
 The
6m high wooden doors at the st. george convent |
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And
a huge head. Click on this image for a 1024*768 image usable as wallpaper.