Egypt 2003
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Day 1 – Pyramids at Giza, Felucca on the
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Sam, Shawn & Andy on felucca |
Sam in triangular archway |
Sphinx face & paws |
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1, 2, 3 Pyramids – Tourist’s Egypt |
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Day 2 – Bahariyya Oasis, Black Desert,
Old White Desert, New White Desert |
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Mouse tracks up dune |
Mars scape? |
Sand, sandstone, odd rocks |
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Dusk on the desert |
Rock & moon |
Joy & Sam by mushroom rock, New
White Desert |
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Day 3 |
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New White Desert chalk formations |
Sam, breaking camp |
Weird hive-like eroded rocks |
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Panorama, bluffs in Bahariyya
Depression |
Bahariyya Oasis from the Heights |
Joy at hot springs near Bahariyya |
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Day 4 – Cairo & Museum |
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Mosque and street scene |
Another view; note bread loaves on
guy's head |
Cat mummy |
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Statues had kilts made of gold,
which look like pyramids, to us |
Joy impressed with the lovely glass
pots |
Mycerinus (c), Horus (l), nomic
figure (r) |
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Day 5 |
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Exterior view of tombs, Valley of
Kings |
Real tomb hieroglyphs |
Joy, Sam and Shawn in front of
colossi |
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Dur el Medina, the worker's village
for Valley of the Kings |
Hatputshet's temple – the female
pharaoh |
Geography around Luxor, including
fields harvested piecemeal |
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Day 6 |
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Sam & Shawn at entrance to
Karnak temple |
Incised columns |
Palms through one of many doorways |
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The columns are just so...BIG |
The detailed paint job and
sparkling pony |
Great big pharaoh, itty bitty wife |
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Revisionist history: Later pharaoh "erased" all images
of earlier one |
All that's left are the paws |
Sunset |
