According to a recent investigation, the Sphinx probably portrays pharaoh Khafre. Though judging from the cheeckbones, I think it looks more like a woman.
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The nose was cut off by an Arab in the 15th century. Napoleon's soldiers also took some shots at the head. It's fallen beard is on display in London's British Museum.
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East side of the pyramid. (looks very much like the north, south and west side.)
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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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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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