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Travel Blogs from Dahshur, Egypt
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Not Cube or Sphere or even Cone...
This is a top pick! ... sure, but we had fun exploring. And the funny guards earned their baksheesh with a series of crazy photos of us at Dahshur. Away to Saqqara we flew in our convenient hired car. This was the ancient burial ground of Memphis (once the capital ...
Down a dark shaft and into oblivion
... the Pyramids and got offered many things to buy (that's never happened before :p haha) and walked around...it was a great place to visit, but as far as one's first pyramid, Dahshur is infinitely better! Now we're back chilling... To Alexandria ...
Digging into the Past in Dahshur
... at Dahshur, and we had timed it so that we were the first people there. Unlike the better known pyramids at Giza, Dahshur attracts far fewer visitors, making it a special experience. We walked up the path that led to the entrance and suddenly ...
The sad looking Black Pyramid of Dahshur
... had its mysterious attraction as I studied its structure from a distance and thinking that without any doubt, while we usually associate Egypt with the three Great Pyramids at Giza, as a fact, there are actually over 100 pyramids in Egypt, many of ...
The mysterious Bent Pyramid at Dahshur
Leaving Saqqara, we then headed towards Dahshur located another 10 kilometers further south and 40 kilometres from Cairo. Dahshur being the home of the remains of several pyramids, the two finest and most complete monuments there to ...
Day 5
... for the opportunity to purchase silk and wool carpets. They would also ship them home for you. Our next stop was Dahshur, where we saw the first stone pyramid, the Step pyramid, saw the bent pyramid, and my niece and nephew made the long ...
Inside the Red Pyramid of Snorfu
... most of all, with a great feeling of achievement! Long live Snorfu! It was 4:00pm when we all left Dahshur and started heading back to Cairo, back to reality, back to chaotic traffic. My second day here in Egypt was ...
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