Panoramic view of Giza town, viewed from between the pyramid of Khafre (Chephren, l), the great pyramid of Khufu (Cheops, barely visible right behind Khafre's pyramid) and the small pyramid of Menkaure (Mycerinus, r).
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Ancient Egyptian Cementary, west of the Khufu pyramid.
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The Egyptian Museum.
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A "false door" inside a tomb near the Khufu pyramid. These doors where considered magic by the ancient Egyptians, in other words the spirit of the one burried behind could pass, while the living can't...
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Uhm...Tom Cruise and Will Smith ("I, Robot")... Aparantly they have handpainted movie billboards in Cairo.
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(Entrance.) Inside: a.o. Akhenaten (Achnaton) statues, animal mummies, the Royal Mummy Room, Book of the Dead scrolls and the Tutankhamun galleries (with the famous golden deathmask). Unfortunuately cameras weren't allowed inside :(
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This photo doesn't do the Cairo traffic chaos justice.
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Mosque of Ar-Rifia (l) and Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan (r).
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The Citadel, home to Egypt's rulers for some 700 years.
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Mosque of Mohammed Ali on top of the Citadel.
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Detail of the southern promenade of the Mohammed Ali mosque.
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Mohammed Ali mosque yard.
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