Looking down from the balcony in my room. What the picture doesn't show is the dust and dirt. Nothing could capture the sound.
Another look from the hotel balcony.
At dusk from the balcony. Note the 'haze.'
The sky looks blue in the day, but the horizon is usually obscured.
The sky looks blue in the day, but the horizon is usually obscured.
Stele of Ramses II at Memphis.
Things here were artificially arranged, so I felt no sense of age.
It was more like an outdoor museum.
Things here were artificially arranged, so I felt no sense of age.
It was more like an outdoor museum.
Statue of Ramses II. The guide told me that the 'left leg forward'
style means that the subject was alive when the statue was created.
style means that the subject was alive when the statue was created.
Sphinx with face of Ramses II.
Lots of detail on the face and body of the Sphinx.
The Colossus of Ramses II. It is large enough that it was easier to build around it than move it and stand it up.
This thing is not only big, it is remarkably detailed. The picture can not do it justice.
The entrance to the Sakkara (or Saqqara) complex.
This camel rider was just sitting on the hill top.
This version is cropped and the colors touched up.
The colonnaded entrance at Sakkara
First look at the step pyramid of Djoser.
The "Heb-Sed" pavilion. Djoser held two coronation ceremonies here. One for the upper kingdom, one for the lower kingdom.
Looking up the side of the step pyramid.
Some damage. Not surprising, since the pyramid is 5,000 years old.
A view of all five mastabas.
A panoramic view. For scale, those are people in front of the pyramid.
for you to see all of the debris on the tops of the brick buildings.