Adam Teale: News From Above » red pyramid http://adamteale.com ramblings of a 2 metre man Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:08:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Egypt: Saqqara & Dahshur http://adamteale.com/805/ http://adamteale.com/805/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:07:21 +0000 Adam http://adamteale.com/?p=805 Continue reading →]]> After a sluggish walk through what Anobel & I were pretty sure was the ‘coptic christian’ area, we flagged down a taxi and headed south of Cairo to Saqqara – home to the “Stepped Pyramid”.

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It was pretty interesting to eventually hit the city limits and pass from grey broken half-built apartment buildings to Palm trees and a more farming feel, and then to desert.

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Next we went further south to Dahshur to check out the Red Pyramid. Not so many tourists, no admission fee, and permission to photograph inside the pyramid make this a really great place to check out. And there aren’t any folks trying to get you on their camels!

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We didn’t manage to check out the Bent Pyramid of Snefru, but it did look mega from a distance!

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1 Comments

  • At Fri 8, May 2009, ano wrote:

    well done teale! makes me feel better to see you're also at least 2 weeks and 2 countries behind on posts!

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