Egyptian Museum in Cairo and Pyramids in Giza

December 11, 2023
001 - IMG_8509 From Frankfurt on our way to Cairo, at 4:26pm December 10...
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002 - IMG_8510 Cairo Airport
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003 - IMG_6930 Dinner with Bass at Hyatt Regency, Cairo West
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004 - IMG_6932 Assorted Egyptian desserts
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005 - IMG_6933 Cheese cake with various berries as toppings
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209 - IMG_2033 The Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC) is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East, housing over 170,000 artefacts. It has the largest collection of...
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079 - IMG_1947 The Decree of Canopus is a trilingual inscription in three scripts, which dates from the Ptolemaic period of ancient Egypt. It was written in three writing...
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007 - P1200872 The inscription is a record of a great assembly of priests held at Canopus, Egypt, on 7 Appellaios (Mac.) = 17 Tybi (Eg.) year 9 of Ptolemy III = Thursday 7...
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082 - IMG_1949 This is the second earliest of the series of trilingual inscriptions of the
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081 - IMG_1948 The inscription discusses topics such as military campaigns, famine relief, Egyptian religion, and governmental organization in Ptolemaic Egypt. It also...
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009 - P1200875
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086 - IMG_1951
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084 - IMG_1950 First sarcophagus of Taho, son of Utouit
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012 - P1200879 First sarcophagus of Taho, son of Utouit, Ptolemaic period (?), 304-31 BC found at Saqqara, Egypt
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020 - P1200887 A sarcophagus made of basalt, a very hard volcano rock, harder than granite...
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019 - P1200886 How did Egyptian polish them to such smooth surfaces?
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018 - P1200885 What kind of tools did the Egyptian used?
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017 - P1200884 How did the Egyptian make the small cuts?
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016 - P1200883
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021 - P1200888 Colorful and pretty stones...
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