Braving the heat, the bites and the lethargy...

...pictures from many days of wandering in Egypt. Fun stuff. Will have to go back, but these will do for now. What better way than to start off with what Egypt is most often associated with...the pyramids. Ignore the weird formatting, after a point, I just ceased to care to fix it.



A bit of all three of the Giza pyramids. Not the typical postcard frame, but all three nevertheless.



The great pyramid of Khufu, up close....










...and personal. Notice the size of the limetsone blocks. And these were carried across the Nile!















Nice view of the pyramids driving in the town of Giza. A slew of 4 and 5 star hotels along this road make big bucks for their pyramid-view rooms.









Broken plastic from bottles dot the desert around the pyramids. Where man goes, so shall pollution and litter follow, so it seems.









The crocodile God Sobek is worshipped at the Kom Ombo temple. An old mummy of a
crocodile is preserved there.




The colossal seated statues of Ramses II at Abu Simbel temple. The interior of the temple too has Ramses all over. He especially liked making statues of himself.



Statues of the various wives of Ramses carved by his legs. His favorite wife Nefertary had her own smaller temple next to his.










Pretty carved pillars at the temple of Philae near Aswan. Dedicated to the Goddess Isis.









A pharoah holding his enemies by their hair and slaying them. Front face of the temple of Philae.









Pillar at the temple of Edfu with Coptic Christian inspired graffiti.
















Some columns in the magnificent hypostyle hall of the Karnak temple.
















A representation of the Egyptian calender on a wall at the temple of Karnak.
















Offerings to the Gods. A very common type of carving on most temple walls and inner chambers.











Statues of King Tutankhamun and his wife, the daughter of Nefertiti. These are one of the few statues found of King Tut's reign since it was so short. They are currently at the Karnak temple complex.








The Valley of the Kings where some of the many important Pharoahs were buried, including Ramses II and King Tut.









Felucca boat driver. Fun non-motorized boats to float along the Nile in, but are accident-prone.















Homes in the middle of desert land.











High rise apartments in Alexandria. Often these constructions are illegal, so the builders rarely complete the outer part of the building. Sometimes the brick walls are left unplastered and unpainted. But the insides apparently are built in the normal way.