Solar Boat Museum Cairo

After we got back to Cairo we made our way to Giza. Our hotel room had a view of the pyramids that were right across the street. We also visited the famous period style Mena house for a tour and lunch. It was beautiful and we wish we had stayed there instead.

We went early in the morning to avoid the lines. Although the great pyramid was …

... ! I tried to keep in the shade as best I could here because once you are by the pyramids-forget it! Next stop was the Solar Boat Museum. We put on "booties" to keep the floor clean and headed up the stairs. This is where two rectangular boat pits ...

... rude. We then went down to where the pyramids are and walked around them for a bit and the went to see the Solar boat museum. (Mom do you remember watching that History channel thing about it??) It was so amazing to see this museum because the building ...

... christ than between christ and us... amazing.  We marveled and took photos for a while and then checked out the Solar boat museum where there was a reconstructed boat that had been buried with the pyramid.  We went down into one of the smaller ...

... fee and visited Khufu's pyramid too.  Hamid, our guide, then asked if we would like to visit the solar boat museum.  Of course, we replied. In 1954 an underground vault had been discovered with 1224 pieces of polished cedar ...

... not much was left. The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the 3 and visits inside are not permitted. We visited the Solar boat museum (50egp) which is located next to the great Pyramid.The building looks like a bit of an eyesore but I guess they had ...

... and quiet up there (until we got there of course :S). The next day took the overland route to Cairo for the pyramids Solar Boat museum and sphinx (as spectacular as people imagine, ignore the people who say they are dissapointing!) and Cairo museum ...

... , it was still a wonderful experience. After the museum we drove back towards the hotel and went to the Pyramids, Sphinx, and Solar Boat Museum. Many people don't know about this boat, but it was the first thing that we visited at the Pyramids. The ...

... get inside?! Afterwards we had some free time to wonder around the pyramids and take photos. I also went into the solar boat museum. The boat was excavated in pieces from the site in which it now stood, and reassembled. It was amazing, and looked ...

... recently discovered Workmen's Tomb (not yet open to the public).  Before you leave the pyramids, you visit the Solar Boat Museum, named for the funerary boat it contains.  This boat actually transported Cheops' body from Memphis to Giza.  ...

... with extortionate pricing. We knew we had a camel ride as part of our tour a few days later. There is also a solar boat museum, as when digging they uncovered a boat in pieces and resurrected it and built a museum around it. We however decided not ...