Described in the Cruise Brochure as ‘stark and lonely sentinels’ - well they are not so lonely as you will have read from an earlier posting but they are impressive structures. The Great Pyramid of Cheops is said to be constructed of 2 million stone blocks, each one weighing two-and-a-half tons.
These astonishing achievements were built in 2,000 BC and one can only marvel at the intellect and knowledge of the ancient Egyptians in their construction – the angle of the slope of the Pyramid being exactly 51.5 degrees. For thousands of years the Great Pyramid of Cheops was the tallest structure in the world.
As I understand it the Pyramids were the first form of tomb predating the tombs viewed earlier this week in the Valley of the Kings.
We viewed the Pyramids first from a vantage point above them and looking towards the sprawling city of Cairo.
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