A community portal about The Egyptian pyramids with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Pyramids of Egypt, among the largest constructions ever built by man, , constitute one of the most potent and enduring symbols...
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A community portal about The Egyptian pyramids with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Pyramids of Egypt, among the largest constructions ever built by man, , constitute one of the most potent and enduring symbols of Ancient Egyptian civilization. It is generally accepted by most archaeologists that they were constructed as burial monuments associated with royal solar and stellar cults, and most were built during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods .
we start our tour 8:00 AM drive to Giza pyramids to see the great pyramid of king Cheops then we drive again to see the two pyramids of kefren and mecrenos then we move to the highst point on giza platue were you can have nice pictures with the background of the three pyramids then we end up the tour by the sphinx and the valley temple. Read Full Story
MY FIRST TOUR is for cities lovers , who love to visit ancient places but not far from the city ,to have the chance to see how the real life is and gain as much information as they can about the history of the country they visit.
it includes ; the national museum of egypt , coptic and islamic cairo, and khan el-khalily market(the oldest market in islamic egypt.
MY SECOND TOUR is for the pyramids lovers,if you are a pyramids lover and want to spend the whole day watching them , this tour is... Read Full Story
The almost famous Egyptian pyramids to be established are the Great Pyramids of Giza, placed in the outskirts of contemporary Cairo. There are up 100 Egyptian pyramids of varying sizes, and over 50 more overmuch in neighboring Sudan. However, the three Great Pyramids of Giza earn their renown by being the biggest of these. Zahi Hawass is doing it once more, new robot will be placed in to the great pyramid of Khufu to break what is set the mystery shots. Maybe, maybe there is a opportunity... Read Full Story
The almost famous Egyptian pyramids to be established are the Great Pyramids of Giza, placed in the outskirts of contemporary Cairo. There are up 100 Egyptian pyramids of varying sizes, and over 50 more overmuch in neighboring Sudan. However, the three Great Pyramids of Giza earn their renown by being the biggest of these. Zahi Hawass is doing it once more, new robot will be placed in to the great pyramid of Khufu to break what is set the mystery shots. Maybe, maybe there is a opportunity... Read Full Story
The erosion of the Sphinx & its surrounding trench show the result of regular heavy rains or perhaps flooding, not wind, not sand. Egypt has not had that kind of climate since 7,000BC & with the possibility of the Sphinx being buried in sand for much of the time (as it was till recently excavated) it may very well be many thousands of years older than that. From a detailed study of the highly-weathered limestone rock and the enclosure in which it sits, Robert Schoch, a geologist from Boston... Read Full Story
Aswan is Egypt's sunniest southern city and ancient frontier town located about 81 miles south of Luxor . It has a distinctively African atmosphere. Its ancient Egyptian name was Syene. Small enough to walk around and graced with the most beautiful setting on the Nile, the pace of life is slow and relaxing. Days can be spent strolling up and down the broad Corniche watching the sailboats etch the sky with their tall masts or sitting in floating restaurants listening to Nubian music and... Read Full Story
Discovery of secret doors suggests possibility of hidden treasures. For years scholars have considered that the pyramid of King Khufu , greatest of the three "great" pyramids at Giza city, had been blank in antiquity and everything of measure, including the body of King Khufu himself, had been transferred. Nowadays, Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of Egypt's Greatest Council of Antiquities and director of the Giza Plateau , suspects that might not be the case. "I really in person believe... Read Full Story
Discovery of secret doors suggests possibility of hidden treasures. For years scholars have considered that the pyramid of King Khufu , greatest of the three "great" pyramids at Giza city, had been blank in antiquity and everything of measure, including the body of King Khufu himself, had been transferred. Nowadays, Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of Egypt's Greatest Council of Antiquities and director of the Giza Plateau , suspects that might not be the case. "I really in person believe... Read Full Story
In south-west of Cairo About 27km, is also the setting for the pyramids of Unas, the mastabas of Mereruka, Ti and Ptahotep. Here, too, is the Serapeum where the sacred Apis bulls were entombed, each in a massive sarcophagus, in cavernous underground galleries. Adjoining Saqqara is Memphis, site of the capital established by Mena (or Narmer ) who united Upper and Lower Egypt into one Kingdom and founded the First Dynasty about 3400 B.C.A gigantic statue of Ramses II , and the exquisite... Read Full Story
Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx are the most popular among visitors to the ancient Egypt.
The Pyramids of Giza are said to have been built by over 20,000 workers in a span of 80 years and they include the largest of all pyramids popularly known as ‘Great Pyramid’.
The Great Pyramid is the oldest and largest of the three Pyramids of Giza and it is believed to have been built as a tomb for Khufu, the Fourth dynasty Egyptian king around 2560 BC.
The pyramid, which stands 481 feet high... Read Full Story
