Thursday, December 6, 2012

Camels, Great Sphinx, Solar Boat


Steve and I, on our camels.

There are lots of sphinxes in Egypt, but this is definitely the Great Sphinx.

Every site has its vendors.

The Tourism Police were on guard, and also selling scarves and statuettes.
The white building is the Solar Boat Museum. The purpose of the boat was to transport the soul of the Pharaoh to the heavens. 

This boat was found in a stone trench beside the pyramid, in hundreds of pieces, and carefully reconstructed.

A view of Cairo from the area of the Sphinx.

The evening light show - lovely.


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