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| Egypt - miSr (in arabic) |
| Cairo - Giza pyramides |
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The only survivors
of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World, built by generations
of father, son and grandson and the work started about 2500 BC.
These tombs are impressive when it comes to work. Buried there
were Khufu (Cheops) in the tallest pyramide, then Khafre
(Chephren) his son, and in the end Menkaure (Mycernius) his
grandson. It is estimated that 2,3 million blocks of rock were
used to build the largest pyramide, that stood 146m tall when
finished (today redused by 9m) Khafre pyramide is 136m, but as it
is built on a hill it looks larger than his fathers. The last one
is now 62m tall. Behind this pyramide you will see 3 smaller ones
which are the ones for the queens. It is possible to climb into
the pyramide to have a look at the coffin still there. The
passage is narrow and its rather hot inside. but it was nice just
to have been there.
(Click on the
thumbnails, and you will get a larger version)
| From hotelwindow |
Panoramaview |
Almost all of
them |
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| Impressive
work when you walk around on the pyramides |
| 1992 visit |
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