Initially, I did not intend to go to the ancient pyramids in Egypt, but once in place, I thought, how is it, it is practically a symbol of this country, one of the seven wonders of the world, and it seems to be a place of power, and I am not going there. And it’s not a fact that I’ll end up in Egypt again. Plus there some tricky energy lines intersect. And he went … And saw the pyramids … and it was cool …
The tour to the Egyptian pyramids cost $ 50 and included travel through the city of Cairo, sailing on the Nile and lunch at floating restaurant, arrival to the salon of aroma oils and papyrus factory, and Of course, our main goal is to visit the ancient pyramids of Egypt and Big Sphinx.
The trip was unforgettable and full of impressions. Initially, I thought that the ancient pyramids of Egypt are somewhere far away in the desert, and next to them only sand and wild camels. It turned out that they are located on the outskirts of Cairo, in Giza, the former suburb, which is now part of Cairo metropolis.
View from Cairo to the ancient pyramids.
By the way, an independent visit to the complex of pyramids is worth $ 12.
Ticket to the ancient pyramids.
Three pyramids: the pyramid of Cheops, the pyramid Chefren, the pyramid of Mikerin, as well as 6 more small ones nearby, and The Great Sphinx can be seen on the Giza Plateau. Sightseeing bus unloads you on the landing between the pyramids of Cheops and Khafre, and you you find yourself between these huge stone buildings, majestic in its power. Each stone is almost in growth man, and weighing several tens of tons. The height of the same pyramid Heops about 140 m. Big things, however.
The Pyramid of Cheops.
Pyramid of Mikerina.
But, unfortunately, to feel this momentous moment, immediately It will not work, as the crowd of local Arabs is sticking around, offering buy a super mega set of plastic pyramids at a ridiculous price “odyn doler”. This is a very useful thing, I would buy a bag at once. such, but in the bag would not fit. There you still and pokatushki on camels and horses, photos with and without Bedouin. All set on the stream, somehow people need to earn money, the country is not very rich.
We were warned in advance that they would offer take a picture for free, or a stone can give, and then require remuneration for their services. Even the cops that wore black uniform, too, strive to earn by offering you take a picture from different angles: keep the pyramid in my palm, I lean on the pyramid, the whole pyramid.
The atmosphere does not match this place of power, there is no certain sacrament. I wanted to get away from this crowd of frantic and retire, so that feel the significance of these stone giants, and touch at least briefly to the secrets of Egypt. It did a little work, but since it is given only 1 hour to walk around the Egyptian pyramids, This “little bit” is very little.
At the foot of the pyramid of Khafre.
Plateau Giza and Sahara desert.
I realized for myself that I would like to go there for the whole day, Calmly bypass all the ancient pyramids, sit and think. I suppose that at the farthest – the pyramid of Mikerin to the people a little bit, since you have to get there. In the evening it lights up lights, and the pyramids are very beautiful spectacle.
From the ancient pyramids, from the plateau of Giza, opens view of the city of Cairo, which almost came close to the pyramids. Big Sphinx, such a feeling, soon will be among residential buildings. Above Cairo – haze, quite normal for the metropolis.
View of Cairo from the Giza plateau.
I did not dare to go inside the ancient pyramids. First, the entrance to the pyramid of Cheops and the pyramid of Khafre costs $ 10-20 per person, and secondly, the fact that the first people who entered all the skates dropped, who is from what. It is not known why all this was built, and how it affects people.
It may well be that this and not the Pharaohs at all built, and perhaps originally the pyramids were not meant to burials, but for other purposes. In addition, our guide warned that inside the Egyptian pyramids nothing special we do not see, everything has long been rendered and is in museums. You can still go to the little pyramid, the pyramid of the queen. Admission is free, she near the pyramid of Cheops is located.
The next item on our program was the Great Sphinx with severed nose: the body of a lion with a human head, height 20 meters. Where the nose has gone, no one knows, felts Napoleon blew him, felts he himself fell off over time, toli some Sufi fanatic him otkolupal. 40 minutes were allotted for viewing it’s enough, since you cannot approach it yourself, you can only close crowd of pilgrims to see him from a distance on a small side podium.
Great Sphinx. Podium for review.
The Great Sphinx and the Pyramid of Cheops.
Despite some drawbacks, the trip for us turned out to be very cognitive, and it can be perceived as an overview, in order to make for themselves conclusions. The goal is to touch, for a moment, the secrets of Egypt, was achieved. In principle, except for the ancient pyramids and the mountains of Moses in Egypt, I hardly have anything else going to look.
Ancient pyramids of Egypt and the Great Sphinx.
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