Husa Pyramids

Lo justo para dormir y desayunar

by Botitas about Husa Pyramids

No es un mal hotel. Está bien situado, en la zona de Giza, relativamente cerca de las piramides. El hotel es viejillo y las habitaciones dejan un poco que desear pero, si lo que buscas es pasar la noche tranquilo (tiene aire acondicionado) y desayunar a gusto (buen buffet), este sitio es ideal.

It´s a good value. Well placed in Giza, near the piramids. It´s not a new hotel and the rooms could be better but if you want to stay quiet, pass the night comfortable (air-con included) and have a good breakfast (good buffet), this can be your choice.

http://www.asiarooms.com/egypt/cairo/husa_pyramids.html

The Pyramids, and Sphinx

by Hanoon

Several pyramids and the Great Sphinx are located on the desert plateau marking the boundary of Giza, a suburb of Cairo. In Egyptian the site is known as 'El-Ahram' (the pyramids). Numerous attempts have been made to give supernatural powers and meanings to these structures but they are beleived by scholars to be nothing more than tombs. Of course it is interesting to speculate as to other meanings to these structures. The specific purpose of these pyramids was to provide a place and means by which the dead Pharaoh would rise to the sky and join with the sun. The pyramid was also beleived to be the mineral concentration of the suns rays of light. Another Hypothesis is that the Pyramids and the Nile represent Orion and the Milky Way; thus focusing the strength and power of heaven to Egypt. The best known pyramids are the tombs of the 3rd and 4th Dynasty Pharaohs: (the largest) Khufu, Cheops in Greek; Khafre, Chephren in Greek; and Menkaure, Mycerinus in Latin. Also, of course, there is the Great Sphinx.

NILE CRUISES
After the rush of...

by SirRichard

NILE CRUISES
After the rush of Cairo, the best relax activity is to take a trip on one of the boats (floating hotels) that go up and down the Nile. They usually make the Luxor-Assuan part of the Nile. Here are some addresses:
Abercrombie & Kent Egypt: 11 Cleopatra St., Heliopolis. Tel: 414-5602
Egoth: 5 Shohadaa St., Mohandessin. Tel: 305-5600
Movenpick Hotel International: 5 Talaat Harb St., Tel: 292-9681
Oberoi Investment Ltd.: Oberoi Mena House. El Ahram St., Tel: 383-3222
Presidential Nile Cruise: 13 Maraashli St., Zamalek. Tel: 340-0517
Pyramisa Hotels & Resorts: 60 Giza St., Tel: 336-0791
Seti First Travel: 16 Ismail Mohamed St., Zamalek. Tel: 341-9820
Sonesta International: 4 El Tayaran St., Tel: 261-7100

Cairo

by kalipa44

The Pyramids (El-Ahram) and Sphinx (Abu'l Hol) at Giza

The Egyptian Museum Cairo- Main entrance

Tutankhamun's death mask of gold, inlaid with Lapis Lazuli and precious stones.

The gold sarcophagus of Tutankhamun.

Tutankhamun's throne is beautiful. It is covered in gold,silver and gems.The colours are so vivid it is hard to believe it is about 35 centuries old.

The area around the Pyramids was crowded with tourists and hawkers.It was very difficult to focus on these magnificient wonders of the ancient world with people trying to sell you everything from statuettes to camel rides.

Security was reassuring if a bit intimidating everywhere we visited, but everything was overshadowed by the sheer magnificence of the Pyramids

Tourists, tour buses and camels in front of the three smaller tombs of Cheops' wives and sisters with the vast sprawl of Cairo city in the background.

The mysterious and inscrutible Sphinx. Body of a lion with a man's head. It is believed that the face is that of Chephren, owner of the second largest pyramid.

"Sunset Dinner Cruise On the Nile"

The ever present security as we boarded our boat for a dinner cruise on the Nile at sunset

The cruise boat was beautifully decorated inside and the waiters were all in costume.

Sunset on the Nile

"The old and the modern."

A Felucca is a traditional sail boat of the Nile.