Finally – Egypt Pictures – Sun, 15 Mar 2009

Well, finally I had a chance to pick some Egypt pictures and get them uploaded. After 2 consecutive weekends with visitors I don’t quite have the energy to put in detailed descriptions, but Wikipedia can probably fill in where I don’t.

Enjoy.

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Gate to Saqqara funerary complex

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Step Pyramid of Dozer, Saqqara

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The Red Pyramid, Dashur

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Statue of Ramses II, Memphis

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Statue of Ramses II, Memphis

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The Pyramids of Giza

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The Great Pyramid

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The Sphinx & the Great Pyramid

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Entrance to Karnak Temple, Luxor

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Karnak Temple, Luxor

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4000+ year old paintings, Karnak Temple

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Columns, Karnak Temple

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Luxor Temple, Luxor

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Luxor Temple, Luxor

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Filling the hot air balloon, West bank of Nile, Luxor

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Sunrise over the Nile, Luxor

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Looking towards the Valley of the Queens from the balloon, Luxor

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The Valley of the Kings

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Tomb of King Tut Ankh Amen, Valley of the Kings

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Hapshetsut Temple, Luxor

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Hapshetsut Temple (from the Balloon), Luxor

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The Colossi, Luxor

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Habu Temple (from the balloon), Luxor

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Habu Temple, Luxor

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Ramasseum (from the balloon), Luxor

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Statue of Ramses that may be the inspiration for the Poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelly, Ramasseum

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Egyptian Museum, Cairo

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Coptic Quarter, Cairo

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Hanging Church, Coptic Cairo

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Citadel of Salahudin, Cairo

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Trebuchet, Cairo Citadel

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Mosque of Mohamed Ali Pasha, Cairo Citadel

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Mosque of Mohamed Ali Pasha, Cairo Citadel

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Mosque of Mohamed Ali Pasha, Cairo Citadel

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