Living TRAVEL - EGYPT

Gizeh Pyramids and Sphinx, Memphis and the Suez Canal
see map below
 


The Great Pyramid and Sphinx at Gizeh at the edge of Cairo
 

 

 

Close up of the Great Pyramid
 


The Great Sphinx at Gizeh - see the 3 people in the middle to get the massive scale
 


The step pyramid of Zoser at Saquarra just south of Cairo, the oldest pyramid
 

Memphis - 20 km south of Cairo
   


Giant statue of Rameses II at Memphis
 

An early alabaster Sphinx
 

Suez Canal
   


Dredging takes place continually
    

Settlements and irrigated farms along the canal - and below
 

Western bank showing ancient parallel canal still in use
 

Settlement near the canal
 

Army installations along the canal
 

Suez


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