Living TRAVEL - EGYPT Gizeh Pyramids and Sphinx,
Memphis and the Suez Canal |
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The Great Pyramid and Sphinx at Gizeh at the edge of Cairo |
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Close up of the Great Pyramid |
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The Great Sphinx at Gizeh - see the 3 people in the middle to get the massive scale |
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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 |