Egypt, Day One
(click here to read my journal entry for today)
the pool at the hotel the view from the dining room in our hotel...not your average window seat, eh?
Daniel enjoying the bed in our bungalow
looking across the main banquet room of our 5-star resort hotel in Giza
a statue of Chephren, one of the most prized posessions in the museum
giant statues of Amenhotep III and his queen the giant stone tablet carved in hieroglyphics which mentions the presence of the Israelites
the Egyptian Museum at Cairo
Tutankhamun's royal chariot
some hieroglyphics found in the young pharoah's tomb
the beautiful gold throne of King Tut
one of the two life-sized statues of Tut that stood at the entrance to his tomb (he was kinda wimpy)
the oldest mummy on the face of the planet
Teague, Amanda, Becca and Erika taking very good notes on our tour of the museum
one of the 3 sarcophagi that housed Tut's mummified remains
the money shot--the funerary mask of Tutankhamun
the crazy Egyptian traffic--this picture takes place on a divided highway in downtown Cairo!
the oldest wooden statue in the world, made entirely from a single piece of Sycamore
a sweet shot of some hieroglyphics on one of the walls
another mummy...(I was just waiting for it to jump up and reach for my neck)
this guy was just mad because we didn't let him steal our camera or give him a tip.
me with our personal armed guard...beneath the suit was a semi-automatic weapon.  Pretty sweet!
Erika and Becca walking like Egyptians
Daniel, Me, Bolls and George Washington...(mark's hair was a little wind-blown)
just open the picture...Mark is excited because he got to share a camel with Daniel
me with the sphinx and pyramid in the background
I don't really have a catchy quote for this picture...
Daniel in front of a pyramid, doing only God knows what...
the sound and light show at the pyramids...the sound part got a little annoying
the Tates on board their camel
look, no hands!