So, with confusion cleared, I offer you my observations of Cairo, beginning with last night when I had dinner downstairs at my hotel, conveniently situated on the Nile...
I thought I was looking at a painting as I gazed up from my menu and saw this sight...
Dinner was good too...
This morning, I was greeted by Hididi, who is to be my guide for the next four days as I study this great and ancient land in my quest to bring you an interesting take on it in 600 B.C....
and this...was certainly here in 600 B.C...in fact it was old in 600B.C. almost 2000 years old...
It was the burial place of...
Khufu..."God Bless You", you said?
No my dear...Khufu...the Pharoah
It was about a 35 minute drive from the hotel to the Great Pyramids and Hididi filled me with interesting facts about the history of this magnificent country...I love when someone imparts their knowledge and is so filled with love for it that it instantly climbs inside of your knowledge base and makes itself at home...
Had to do this...
From this angle...it looked like the road to heaven...
Khufu...gesuntheit!
Thank you...
Here is a pic of Hididi, my new found fountain of Egyptian knowledge...showing me more interesting features...
Then we turned the corner to see the smooth upper section of Khafre's Pyramid...
And what is that, that looks so out of place between the two pyramids?
No not me silly...the white building that looks like a garage...
It is a garage you say, Hadidi?
"Well, yes, of sorts, it houses the Solar Ship that they discovered in 1954..."
"A Ship!" Those of you who know me also know that I love boats...so off we went...
This "Solar Barge" was found adjacent Khufu's...("gesu..."Stop it") pyramid, 143 fet long...laid into a pit dug out for it...and it was placed in perfect form, however, unassembled...maybe his subjects figured he could use his 'mummy wraps' to lash the cedar planks together when the time came...:)
This was interesting...the boat's planks were lashed together by Halfah Grass...(no...you do not smoke it in a hookah)...a brilliant concept...and the boat was made of cedar planks? "But there is no cedar in Egypt!" you say...yes...but there was in Lebanon...(let's you in on a little bit of trading knowledge)
Pretty cool...how beautifully these pieces fit together...
"And how did they fashion these cedar planks?" you ask...
Take a look on your right...the good news is they didn't need a tool belt...
A flint knife and a rock...
"The Flintstones"...only different...
A beautiful 1/10 scale model of the Pharaohs' 'getaway' boat...
and then...
(Word has it that Khufu...(don't you dare...) has yet to set foot upon its deck...
or anywhere else for that matter...
So, how do we follow that?
With this...:)
More Soon...
Love to all1
Thomas
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