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Photos from my trip to Egypt in July 2008
Panoramas
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Alexandria
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Citadel of Qaitbay from the Corniche
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Corniche with crashing wave
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Montaza Palace
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Montaza Palace garden
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Montaza Palace garden
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Farouk Bridge
- Pompey's Pillar
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Pompey's Pillar with two sphinx
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Sphinxes
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Pompey's Pillar
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Underground
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underground room
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Ruins
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Pompey's Pillar with sphinx
- Roman Amphitheater
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Arches
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Ruins around amphitheater
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Roman Amphitheater
Cairo
[edit]Coptic Cairo
[edit]- Church of Saint Barbara
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Church of Saint Barbara
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Inside the Church of Saint Barbara
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Pulpit in the Church of Saint Barbara
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Coptic tombs behind Church of Saint Barbara
- Hanging Church
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Hanging Church from courtyard
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Inside the Hanging Churh
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Furniture with artwork inside the Hanging Church
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Front area inside Hanging Church
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Hanging Church pulpit
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Hanging Church courtyard
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Tile mural in the Hanging Church courtyard showing holy family traveling
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Hanging Church entrance
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Hanging Church entrance wall
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Tile mural in the Hanging Church courtyard
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Interior wall in the Hanging Church
- Roman Tower
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Roman Tower from Hanging Church
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Roman Tower
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Roman Tower
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Artwork near main entrance
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Wall detail
- Misc
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Ben Ezra Synagogue
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Entrance to Church of Saint George
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Church of Saint George from outside
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Nunnery of Saint George door
Islamic Cairo
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Al Azhar Mosque and University
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Front of Al Azhar Mosque and University
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Al Azhar Mosque and University entrance
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Qibla alcove in Al-Azhar Mosque
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Al-Azhar Mosque courtyard with minarets
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Al-Azhar Mosque courtyard
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Al-Azhar Mosque prayer hall
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Al-Azhar Mosque courtyard
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Al Azhar Mosque and University central courtyard
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Al Azhar Mosque and University study hall
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Tomb inside Al Azhar Mosque
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Chandelier in prayer hall
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Interior gate near women only area
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Entrance to women only area
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Office inside Al Azhar Mosque and University
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Interior of dome
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Khan al Khalili shops
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Cemetey in Islamic Cairo
Nile, other districts and hotels
[edit]- Nile
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Sailboat on The Nile
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Nile from 10th floor of Semiramis InterContinental Hotel Cairo
- Downtown
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Talaat Harb Square
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Egypt Free Shops on Talaat Harb St
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Golden Hotel on Talaat Harb St
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McDonald's on Talaat Harb St
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National Bank of Egypt on Talaat Harb St
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Talaat Harb St
- Gezira
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Cario Tower at night
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Gezira as seen from Garden City with Qasr Al-Nil Bridge in foreground with morning haze/smog
- Heliopolis
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Entrance to 1973 October War Panorama
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1973 October War Panorama
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Baron Palace - wide view
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Baron Palace
- Western hotels
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Four Seasons Hotel from the Nile
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Bathroom in suite at Semiramis InterContinental Hotel Cairo
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Sitting room in suite at Semiramis InterContinental Hotel Cairo
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Suite at Semiramis InterContinental Hotel Cairo
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Hyatt from the Nile
Dahshur
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Bent Pyramid
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Bent Pyramid - zoom
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Pyramid of Amenemhet III
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Tourist policemen on camel in front of Red Pyramid
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Red Pyramid from road
Egyptian Museum
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Front view of museum with wide angle lens
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Oblique front wide view
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Damaged statue of Hathor
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Damaged black rock statue
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Damaged statue
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Damaged statues
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Hieroglyph with cartouche
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Lotus flower in front pond
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Lotus petal in front pond
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Pond in front
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Pyramid
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Sphinx
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Statue of trio of figures
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Damaged statue of sitting figure
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Statue of Hathor with head dress
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Damaged staute of mother and child
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Hieroglyph column
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Papyrus in front pond
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Partial hieroglyphic slab
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Sarcophagi
Giza Plateau
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Camel area
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Camels being led to the pyramids
- Great Sphinx
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Sphinx panorama
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Front view of Great Sphinx
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Side closeup of Great Sphinx's head
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Inside temple of the Great Sphinx
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Side view of the Great Sphinx
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Vender selling to tourists next to the Great Sphinx
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Statue bases in the Great Sphinx temple
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Great Sphinx with Pyramid of Khafre in background
- Pyramids
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Giza Pyramids from overlook
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Great Pyramid - wide angle
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Great Pyramid
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Horse carriages in front of Queen's Pyramids
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Pyramid of Khafre with Village of Nazlet el-Samman in foreground
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Pyramid of Khafre
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Pyramid of Menkaure
Memphis museum
[edit]Courtyard
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Museum yard
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Back courtyard of museum
- Statues
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Damaged double statue of Ramses II
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Large statue in back courtyard
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Back left side view of large statue of Ramses II
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Large statue of Ramses II
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Head of Goddes Hathor in limestone
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Lower half of a statue of Ptah in alabaster
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Lower half of a statue of Ptah in basalt
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Partial figure in stone
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Statue with hieroglyphics
- Funerary
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Funeral scene in hieroglyphics
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Mummification Bed in alabaster
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New Kingdom sarcophagus in granite
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New Kingdom base of column in limestone
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Sarcophagus of Amenhotep
- Sphinx
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Sphinx of Memphis
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Front left view of Sphinx of Memphis
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Right side view of Sphinx of Memphis
- Other
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False Door in limestone
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Hieroglyphics
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Hieroglyphics on curved surface
Ramses Colossus room
[edit]- Colossus
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Ramses Colossus from above showing whole statue
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Ramses Colossus from second level of museum
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Ramses Colossus showing bottom and legs
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Ramses Colossus showing unfinished arm
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Hieroglyphics on Ramses Colossus
- Other
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Capital
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Damaged freeze
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Damaged statue
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Hieroglyphic panel with cartouche
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Hieroglyphic panel
Saqqara
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Step Pyramid and Great South Court panorama
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Limestone shard
- Pyramid of Djoser
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Pyramid from the Great Court
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Closeup
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Active restoration efforts on Pyramid of Djoser
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Closeup of partially restored wall
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Stonework on pyramid
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Expanded side area
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Oblique view of partially restored wall
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No entry area
- Mortuary temple
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Entrance to mortuary temple
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Closeup of mortuary temple wall
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Closeup of stonework
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Hypostyle hall
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Hypostyle hall from the Great Court
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Hypostyle hall complete columns
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Statue base in Hypostyle hall
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Mortuary temple columns
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Wide angle close upshot of mortuary temple wall
- Heb-sed Court
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Heb-sed Court from the Great Court
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Heb-sed Court
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Heb-sed Court
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18th and 19th Dynasty graffiti in the Southern Pavilion
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18th and 19th Dynasty graffiti in the Southern Pavilion
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3 unfinished Osirian statues
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4 sets of feet of statues
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Chapel
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Southern Pavilion