Memphis-Ruinas de Memphis
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- Distance
- 0.32 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 96 ft
- TrailRank
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66
5
- Min elevation
- 79 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 17 minutes
- Coordinates
- 67
- Uploaded
- April 12, 2023
- Recorded
- April 2023
near Mīt Ruhaynah, Giza (Egypt)
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Cairo...Day 6
Finished in an exemplary way the tour of the pyramids and saying goodbye to the Sphinx,
Visit to the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx
We left the city towards the outskirts. In Cairo we have not been able to observe the usual custom of leaving buildings ready, to build on the upper floors. Highly populated, close to 20 million in the metropolitan area, and quite extensive, it has been forced to take advantage of all the available space, also building vertically, since it even has some skyscrapers. As we move away from the center, the first buildings built horizontally appear, and ready to continue upwards. Regarding clothing, we found that while tunics abounded in the city, with scarves to cover the hair, veils and shadores, somewhat less Western-style dresses without covering, coinciding with the apparently poorer areas, the abundance of niqabs grows and hijabs, and the first full-length burkas. Halfway to Saqqara, the guide announces that the visit to the ruins is only for the four of us. Finally revealing that we contracted the program at an early date, including at that time all the full pensions and this visit. It offers the rest of the group the possibility of signing up, at the cheap price of 15 euros, which, because they are somewhat scalded, they reject outright. "Take it away, take it away, we're very cool in here." We rush down to avoid curses and not delay those who remain here, entering the open-air enclosure, which contains the ruins of ancient Memphis. In a small pavilion there is the fallen colossus of Ramses II, protected from the elements. He explains again the reason for such a number of cartridges with his name per square centimeter, and leaving the gigantic recumbent figure to sleep the eternal sleep it deserves, we complete the tour. Arranged in rows as if forming an avenue, a multitude of archaeological remains flank the flood of tourists on either side, who, trying to see and photograph at the same time, hurried past. I could not find any relationship between many of those exposed there. Neither by typology nor meaning, perhaps because of my lack of training and knowledge. Although as ignorance is very daring, I will say without shame that some seemed simply piled up, others instead, forming well-matched families. Saying see you soon to Hatshepsut, we made the visit in barely twenty minutes. As the heat begins to tighten firmly and to recover the wounded affections of the rest of the group, we complain out loud about the heat, we buy two bottles of cold water for one euro, and without commenting on the above, we dedicate ourselves to looking out the windows , when the minibus leaves for Saqqara.
Visit to the Saqqara Funeral Complex
Finished in an exemplary way the tour of the pyramids and saying goodbye to the Sphinx,
Visit to the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx
We left the city towards the outskirts. In Cairo we have not been able to observe the usual custom of leaving buildings ready, to build on the upper floors. Highly populated, close to 20 million in the metropolitan area, and quite extensive, it has been forced to take advantage of all the available space, also building vertically, since it even has some skyscrapers. As we move away from the center, the first buildings built horizontally appear, and ready to continue upwards. Regarding clothing, we found that while tunics abounded in the city, with scarves to cover the hair, veils and shadores, somewhat less Western-style dresses without covering, coinciding with the apparently poorer areas, the abundance of niqabs grows and hijabs, and the first full-length burkas. Halfway to Saqqara, the guide announces that the visit to the ruins is only for the four of us. Finally revealing that we contracted the program at an early date, including at that time all the full pensions and this visit. It offers the rest of the group the possibility of signing up, at the cheap price of 15 euros, which, because they are somewhat scalded, they reject outright. "Take it away, take it away, we're very cool in here." We rush down to avoid curses and not delay those who remain here, entering the open-air enclosure, which contains the ruins of ancient Memphis. In a small pavilion there is the fallen colossus of Ramses II, protected from the elements. He explains again the reason for such a number of cartridges with his name per square centimeter, and leaving the gigantic recumbent figure to sleep the eternal sleep it deserves, we complete the tour. Arranged in rows as if forming an avenue, a multitude of archaeological remains flank the flood of tourists on either side, who, trying to see and photograph at the same time, hurried past. I could not find any relationship between many of those exposed there. Neither by typology nor meaning, perhaps because of my lack of training and knowledge. Although as ignorance is very daring, I will say without shame that some seemed simply piled up, others instead, forming well-matched families. Saying see you soon to Hatshepsut, we made the visit in barely twenty minutes. As the heat begins to tighten firmly and to recover the wounded affections of the rest of the group, we complain out loud about the heat, we buy two bottles of cold water for one euro, and without commenting on the above, we dedicate ourselves to looking out the windows , when the minibus leaves for Saqqara.
Visit to the Saqqara Funeral Complex
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Monument
82 ft
Ruins
Archaeological site
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