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The Step Pyramid of King Djoser at Saqqara, Egypt
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
This is my last posting from Egypt.
Next post is going to be from Casablanca, Morocco in April!
more information on my main blog BLOGitse
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The Step Pyramid of King Djoser at Saqqara (Sakkara), Egypt
Thursday, March 25th, 2010This is the end of my ‘tourist pictures’ from Egypt. 
I’m not a historian nor an Egyptologist so it’s better you read more info here: Wikipedia
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| There’s a massive renovation going on in Saqqara |
Explore the Pyramids by National Geographic
The British Museum:
“The tomb of King Djoser (2630-2611 BC) at Saqqara, known as the Step Pyramid, was the first Egyptian pyramid tomb, and the earliest stone building of its size in the world. It was also the first royal tomb to receive some form of decoration.”
Tour Egypt:
“Below ground, the Egyptians created an underground structure on a scale previously unknown, quarrying out more than 5.7 kilometers (about 3 1/2 miles) of shafts, tunnels, chambers, galleries and magazines. A central corridor and two parallel ones extend over 365 meters (1,198 feet), connecting 400 rooms. These and other subterranean features surround one of the most complicated tangles of tunnels and shafts the Egyptians ever created, below the pyramid itself.”
Giza Necropolis, Cairo, Egypt
Monday, January 11th, 2010Welcome to Giza Necropolis!
jihaaaa camel ride!
The Khufu ship is an intact full-size vessel from Ancient Egypt that was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2,500 BC.
The ship was almost certainly built for Khufu (King Cheops),
the second pharaoh of the
Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
(there’re so many pits that I’m not 100% sure if this Khufu ship’s pit
but you get the idea how big those ships were from this picture)
(there’re so many pits that I’m not 100% sure if this Khufu ship’s pit
but you get the idea how big those ships were from this picture)
do you see it, a camel having a lunch break!
All around the area there’re locals trying to sell you…
camel ride, souvenirs…
camel ride, souvenirs…
human inorganic poop…
human inorganic poop…
organic camel poop…
Great Pyramid of Giza a tourist trap? No!
You see that area next to the mass of people -
that’s where people sit in the evenings and watch
Now you can see the jewel…
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