At the foot of the Pyramids

Just came back from 12 days of a whirlwind tour of Egypt and Jordan. First stop was the Pyramid complex at Giza - one of the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World.

The Pyramids are very big and very old. This extraordinary funerary complex is nearly 5,000 years old built by the Egyptian Pharoahs! The biggest one is made up of 2.5 millions stone blocks each weighing at least 2 tons. A layer of granite blocks used to provide the outer casing but these have been taken away leaving the stone blocks being slowly damaged by the desert wind. We didn't dare to go inside but most of the treasures are now kept in the Egyptian Museum - that was the itenary for the afternoon.