the Egyptian Museum
  • Mike, my guide at the museum. Notice the way the sarcophagus lights up - it is made of alabaster.
  • A traditional sarcophagus
  • King Tut's mask
  • A water clock - filled every morning, time was told according to water levels throughout the day.
  • 360 statues representing 360 servants of the Pharoah, one for every day of the Egyptian year.
    Pyramids
  • 4 of the 6 main structures near Giza
  • The horses we rode around
  • Me, proudly framed by the two largest pyramids
  • Climbing up the side of a smaller one
    Other Cairo Sites
  • Al-Azhar Mosque
  • Al-Azhar's courtyard, where the poor are fed during Ramadan
  • inside Al-Azhar
  • The entrance to Al-Azhar University, one of the oldest and most famous Islamic universities in the world
  • Ahmed and Ahmed, two students who befriended me at the school
  • The entrance to Hussein Mosque
  • The fortress around Saladin's Citadel
  • The main mosque of Saladin
  • Ramzy, my guide and new friend, outside the Citadel
  • Me, standing in front of the main structure outside the mosque of Mohammed Ali
  • Anwar Sadat's memorial
  • St. George, the dragonslayer, in a Coptic Church in old Cairo
  • The corridors of old Cairo
    My last night
  • Nagham, Ramzy's daughter, is suspicious of me at first
  • Nagham quickly warms up to me and hams it up for the camera
  • Ramzy and his wife, Samar, graciously invite me into their home for the traditional fast-breaking meal.
  • After dinner, we go downstairs to a cafe and smoke some sheesha
  • Nagham and a neighborhood boy mess with some chickens
  • Aboard a Nile cruise, Nagham checks out the belly dancer
  • Me, looking very content on the top deck of the Nile boat
  • Khal El Khalili bazaar, a famous gold market
  • Khal El Khalili raging on a typical Ramadan night