Pyramids and other Cairo sights

Pyramids and other Cairo sights

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The Great Pyramid of Cheops. It is indeed very big, and 4500 years old.
Original date: 07:55:12 31.01.2005

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The Great Pyramid of Cheops. It is indeed very big, and 4500 years old.

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The main entrance, which was sealed after the builders buried the Pharaoh here; and the later tourist entrance below it.
Original date: 07:55:38 31.01.2005

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The main entrance, which was sealed after the builders buried the Pharaoh here; and the later tourist entrance below it.

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An attempt to communicate the size of the thing. Note the slope gets steeper near the bottom.
Original date: 07:57:37 31.01.2005

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An attempt to communicate the size of the thing. Note the slope gets steeper near the bottom.

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Each lump of stone is rather large (like between 1 and 15 tons). There's a sign saying

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Each lump of stone is rather large (like between 1 and 15 tons). There's a sign saying "No climbing" about 12 feet up: you can just make it out here.

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Original date: 07:59:57 31.01.2005

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We took the traditional cheesy tourist photo.
Original date: 08:05:27 31.01.2005

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We took the traditional cheesy tourist photo.