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Step Pyramid of Saqqara and the Memphis Museum
(Aug 23 '07)
"This pyramid marks an unprecedented leap forward in the history of world architecture. Instead of using the usual mud brick mastabas, Imhotep chose to use stone and build not just one mastaba but six, one on top of the other – with each additional layer smaller than the one below it."
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(Nov 06 '05)
The Red Pyramid
( '07)
So on the first day I went to Dahshur and saw the Red Pyramid! Not gonna lie, it was almost the best thing of life. It was the first night of my vacation, and I may or may not have gotten a little ...
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Take Me to the River - Talking Heads
(Feb 20 '07)
Helipolis-Cairo 2-20-07
Africa Last Words
Well today is my last day in Egypt, thus Africa, and my last look for a long while on the Nile. I spent it taking a final gander at the Pyramids, seeing ...
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OK, so I had a nice one all written out here but it got deleted
when the comp crashed in Amman, so this is the cliff notes version.
Checked out and walked to the train ...
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The Pyramids...the Semi-Illegal Way.
(Jul 25 '07)
James, Anant, Aryan and I did not start our day until noon. Between the boys' gambling habits and my general exhaustion, I don't think we could've budged any earlier. Our late start, however, meant ...
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Luckily the plane ride here was not an adventure in the least, but the adventures have been pretty non-stop since we arrived!!
We were met in Cairo by a ...
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The Great Pyramids
(Apr 05 '00)
Aprilis 5, 520 B.C.
We I woke up this morning, I woke to a sight to take ones breath away. The Great Pyramids of Giza rose before me. We are told by the natives who guide us that the pyramids are ...
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The Pyramids of Giza
(Aug 23 '07)
"The people of ancient Egypt believed that death on Earth was the start of a journey to the next world."
After a restful night at the Mena House in a room that overlooked the mighty pyramids of Giza, it ...
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Mena House Hotel - Cairo
(Aug 23 '07)
"The hotel was originally a royal lodge built for Egypt's Vice King Kedive Ismail and used when he and friends were hunting in the desert or visiting the pyramids."
Recent Blogs for Saqqara
I Finally Made it to Egypt!
(May 25 '08)
I've wanted to travel to Egypt since I was seven, had the flu, and my
mom bought me a book about the discovery of King Tutankhamen's
tomb. Ever since then, I have had a romanticised idea about ...
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Larger than life
(May 20 '08)
We departed our Dar Es Salaam and arrived in Nairobi, Kenya with no problems. We had an 8 hour layover in Nairobi, and our flight to Cairo didn't depart until 5am. We found our nice little ...
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Cairo again
(May 23 '08)
We said goodbye to Dahab and the amazing red sea and got onto probably the most inappropriate bus for an overnight bus we had been in. It was hell. Meagan hated that she got stuck sitting next to ...
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