Pictures of Ancient Egypt and Egyptian pyramid pictures 

On our cruise aboard the cruise ship Millennium we docked at the port of Alexandria for a day. The port is the biggest port I've ever seen.  We took a long bus ride to the ancient Egypt pyramids and tombs near Cairo. The buses went in police escorted convoys.  If you visit Egypt, be sure to take lots of water on your excursions...it gets quite hot.

When you visit the pyramids, you have to be firm with the locals who swarm all over every bus load of tourists trying to sell them trinkets, camel rides, photos on camels etc.

 These are some of our pictures of our bus trip, and of course, the pyramids and the great sphinx. Now I wish I had paid more attention to the guides.  I think what I have listed under each of the photographs is accurate, but I wouldn't stake my life on it. This trip just whetted my appetite to see the rest of Egypt. 

I also wish I had taken quite a few more pictures. What was I thinking?

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This art is on papyrus (we went to a papyrus factory tour) The tour was actually an effort to sell us stuff, and it was a successful effort. I think we bought about six of these things.	Bill in front of pyramids I bought the cowboy hat in Kusadasi. The Egyptian men kept asking me "where's your horse?", and "where's your boots?.	Kathy and bill in front of the Khephren pyramid. (I think.) Notice the very top of the pyramid still has some of the original stone outer layer on it.  Most has been stolen over the years to build churches.
Sakkara (or Saqqara) Colonnade.  At one time there were statues between each set of columns. This is just off to the side of the Sphinx.	Lots of dudes trying to get us to ride their camels...for a price.	Yep... that's me on the  pyramid. I still can't believe it! This is the Khafre pyramid.
Date palms loaded with dates. There were plenty of date palms.	A typical scene from our bus window... Egypt  was not the cleanest place I have ever been.	This is a pigeon trap.   Apparently pigeon is a delicacy and its free! We saw quite a few of  these on our bus trip from Alexandria to Cairo.
Kathy on the Great pyramid Cheops. (Khufu) It wasn't  easy for her to get up there  even with the steps someone carved to help.	Kathy with Khafre directly behind her. Cheops (Khufu) is on the left.	The Great Sphinx.
The port of Alexandria the biggest port I ever saw, seems to  go on for miles and miles.	Statue of Ramses II. This thing was buried for thousands of years.  The right side was  exposed to the weather and it shows.	Part of the temple located near the Sphinx.
Bigger than life.  I hate to keep repeating myself, but wow...this is amazing!	Sakkara (also spelled Saqqara) Entrance in outside wall.	Inside the temple Saqqarra. This was amazing!  The red color and details were incredible for something thousands of years old.
Kathy in front of the Steps pyramid of Djoser (also spelled Zozer).  The oldest stone construction in the world we were told.