• The Egyptian Museum
• Saqquara
• Dashur
• Giza

• Elephantine
• Philae
• St. Simeon
• Abu Simbel
• Down the Nile

• Edfu
• Karnak
• Luxor Temple

• Valley of the Kings
• Hatshepsut's Temple
• Tombs of the Nobles
• The Ramesseum
• New Gourna

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The Pyramids:
The Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid

The Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid (which can be seen from Saqquara, and which are near the same age as the Step Pyramid - ca. 2600 BC) are at Dashur. Both were built by Seneferu, the father of Cheops. They've only been open to the public in modern times for the last few years - they were part of a military reservation before.

Like Saqquara, the area is surrounded by desert, and is not heavily tourist-ridden, so the feeling there is of isolation - deserted, as it were.

The Bent pyramid had been started at 52 degrees of elevation, then changed to 43, so it looks a bit off-kilter.

The Red Pyramid is in my mind the most beautiful of all, and it's possible to go down within it on a safe ramp. From within you look up to the inner heights. Unforgettable.

The Bent Pyramid	The Red Pyramid
you can see the entrance to the interior here	looking down from the entrance	and up the ramp into the interior from inside
looking up into the interior of the pyramid	with Henry holding the light.