The congested city suburb of Giza comes right up to the Pyramids.
First view of the Great Pyramid of Khufu.
Gregg standing in front of the Pyramid of Khufu, the oldest and largest of the three pyramids. It originally stood at 146 meters when it was completed around 2570 BC, but 46 centuries of wind erosion has reduced the height by 9m. Workers laid 2.3 million lime stones blocks, each weighing about 2.5 tons each.
You can’t see it, but I’m jumping up and down like a little girl inside.
We drive around the site for a panoramic view. Khufu on the left, Khafre in the middle and Menkaure on the right.
Group shot with the Pyramids in the background.
Kodak moment.
Most of the members want to ride a camel. We politely decline. We rode camels in Morocco and they’re uncomfortable.
Pyramid of Khafre. Khafre seems higher than the others, but at 136 meters high, it isn’t. It stands on higher ground and it’s peak is still capped with remnants of limestone casing.
Menkaure Pyramid stands at 62m. We paid an extra admission and climbed into one of the chambers inside.
Signs were posted everywhere. People still climbed up the rocks. The guards were busy shooing people off the ruins.
Bedouins riding camels.
