Cairo: city with an ancient heart

The Pharaonic people of ancient Egypt, like some of our southern rulers, started building their tombs while they were still alive, say Hugh and Colleen Gantzer. "We looked at the three pyramids from another angle and saw the Sphinx, with its lion’s body and human face, possibly that of the Pharaoh Kafre, son of Khufu. No one is quite sure why it was put there. We, however, believe that it was a Dwarapala, a guardian of the gate to the funerary temple of Kafre."

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Egypt Travel - destinations and attractions you don't want to miss

By William Manor

One of the first travel journals of Egypt was written by Herodotus in the middle of the 5th century B.C.E. In his work Euterpe, he claims that Egypt has wonders more in numbers than those of any other land, and works it has to show beyond expression great. It is these wonders and much more that draws nearly nine million foreign visitors to Egypt each year. Following is a list of things to see and do in Egypt.