Cairo pyramids, Dec 2008 – 69


Image by Ed Yourdon
The Sphinx in the foreground, and one of the main Giza pyramids in the background. Nothing particularly unique about this photo; I included it only because I wanted to provide some indication of the scale and location of the two famous objects.

Note: this photo was published in a French Terra Nova blog titled "L’Egypte sous l’Ancien Empire." It was also published in an Apr 5, 2010 blog titled "Top 10 Family Vacation Spots." It was also published in an Apr 19, 2010 blog titled "Travel Monday – Cairo, Egypt." And it was published in a Jun 11, 2010 blog titled "f [フリー画像] 建築・建造物, 遺跡, ピラミッド, エジプト, スフィンクス." It was also published in an Aug 27, 2010 blog titled Egypt’s Solution to Cairo’s Congestion: Build More Cairos." And it was published in an Oct 18, 2010 blog titled "10. Stick to what made the company successful in the past."

Moving into 2011, the photo was published in an undated (early Aug 2011) Best Flights blog about flights to/from Cairo.

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These photographs were taken on Dec 18, 2008 during a tour that included the Sphinx, the 4,500-year old Cheops pyramid, and the two nearby, smaller pyramids known as Chephren and Mycerinus on the Giza Plateau — as well as a visit to the Solar Boat Museum on the north side of Cheops to see the 141-foot reassembled funerary boat for Pharoah Cheops.