Expedition: Ancient Egypt

 
 Photo Gallery: The Great Pyramid


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Giza, Egypt (map), 2002
Photograph by Nancy Gupton

Egypt's most famous sight—the three Pyramids of Giza—stand tall under the Cairo haze.

This overlook provides the only vantage left where the pyramids appear surrounded by desert, as they were in ancient times. The city has sprawled so close that the 4,500-year-old tombs are now nearly downtown.

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