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Me and my wife Sonja south of the three main pyramids

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A man towing two reluctant camels

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Contrast - a camel and a car

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A lone rider

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Riding policeman on his camel
(security was tight due to a recent massacre of tourists)

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Camel drivers catering to tourists (few and far between)

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Tourists on the way to the pyramid (an earlier trip)

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Sonja in front of the Great Pyramid

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Another riding policeman

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Big blocks of stone

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A policeman and friend sitting guard outside the entrance to the Great pyramid

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Another Egyptian man outside the pyramid

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Yet another man outside

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The entrance tunnel into the Great Pyramid, low, hot and humid!

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Inside the great chamber - note low access from the tunnel and big, polished blocks of granite

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Sonja sitting inside the sarcophagus, which actually not having been used

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Sonja laying down inside, just fitting her 170 cm height

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Amazing stone work: Polished internal flat surfaces meeting with a radius of 3-4 mm - made 4000 years ago

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The Sphinx

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The Sphinx in front of the pyramide

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The Giza plateau at night

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The pyramid at Saqqara , further south

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Also called a Step Pyramid, built with smaller stones and made with steps for better stability