Day at the Pyramids Part II
Trip Start
Aug 19, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 04, 2009
Giza,
Attica,
Egypt
Sunday, May 17, 2009
After the Giza pyramids, we headed over to the Dahshur pyramid area which houses the Bent pyramid, and the Dahshur pyramid, which you can go into. Jen had never been to this pyramid so I went in with her, and went about half way when Jen realized there was nothing special in the pyramid but 2 empty rooms with not even any paintings on the wall. So we took our pictures to prove that we were in a pyramid and went back up and headed over to the Bent Pyramid. It was really cool to see the Bent Pyramid up close, as the previous time I went to the pyramids, we just saw it at the distance. According to someone, I think our driver, he said the pharaoh that built this pyramid, wanted to build a pyramid that was bigger then the Giza pyramids, so he started off with the same base area of the Giza pyramid and tried to make it taller, but halfway, they realized that the angle they were using was too steep and it was going to collapse upon itself, so they changed the angle to avoid the collapse and I think that this pyramid is one of the best preserved pyramid, the limestone is still on the top so you can't see the building blocks underneath it except for at one corner.
The last pyramid we went to was the Sakkara pyramid, where we just breezed through it taking few photos. What's so special about this pyramid is that it doesn't look like a stereotypical pyramid shape. This pyramid has six steps and is one of the first pyramids built in Egypt. This pyramid can also be found on the Sakkara beer cans.
After this long and exhausting day, we headed to Kim's place and while looking and laughing at the photos that were taken we may have almost eaten a box of 24 freezies...may have. :)
