Egypt Pictures
Cairo Pyramids

...your point of view.

Egypt Pictures: Pyramid view from the Mena House hotel, Giza; the Sphinx, Giza; another less pretty pyramid view from Cairo suburbs.

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Pyramids far from the Maddening Crowds:
- Saquara [aka Saqqara], a slow and gentle drive south alongside the Nile to see the Step Pyramid of Djoser, reputedly the country's first pyramid. It's not huge and somewhat crumbly but is decaying with style in a very quiet and evocative environment.

- Fayum Oasis, a rather longer but no less interesting drive into deep Egypt, a rural bliss of strolling goats, donkeys, oxen, water wheels, mud pigeon houses and fellaheen doing the everyday thing that they've been at for 5,000 years. The little village of Meidum sports an experimental and now Collapsed Pyramid, built by Snofru 4,600 years ago.

- Dashur is where Snofru tried again for the perfect pyramid, almost right that time, with nicely smoothed sides and it didn't collapse, but it did start to crack so designers, after receiving a good thumping from the Pharaoh's heavy mob, altered the upper angle, giving the structure strength, a hunch and a name: The Bent Pyramid. Ph Snofru succeeded in Dashur on his third attempt, building a the world's first smooth pyramid, the Red Pyramid, though it has lost its smooth casing now as well as its name; known officially as Shining Pyramid North or by locals as Bat Pyramid, it's worth the crack.

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