PICASA WEB ALBUMS Double click on arrows in the Picasa Photo Albums and open into full screen to read the captions, or to play Slideshow. CAIRO LUXOR UP THE NILE ASWAN & ABU SIMBEL
th Century BC – almost unbelievable! The Pyramid of Djoser, or step pyramid at Sakkara necropolis outside Cairo, was built nearly 5,000 years ago in the 27th century BC. It is considered to be the earliest large-scale cut stone construction, and use of columns. A portion of the limestone wall, polished by winds of …
My only visit to Egypt was in 1990. It was primarily for business and my sightseeing was confined to a morning’s visit to see the Sphinx and the Pyramids just outside Cairo. We did not cross miles of cinnamon-dusted desert on camels to reach the site. Instead, driving down the main street of Giza, the …
s I prepare to depart on a trip to Egypt and a cruise on the Nile next week, I look back on my first and only visit to Cairo – in 1990 on a business trip. I took an afternoon off to do the ‘tourist thing’, and took a drive out to see …