My Journey to Giza Necropolis (CAIRO, EGYPT)

My journey to Cairo, Egypt was way back 2010 when I sign-up for a crew tour on Norwegian Jade. One of the perks that come in working on a passenger ship is also a chance to experience touring those magnificent tourist destinations at a fair discounted price.In the video the guy from the souvenir shop showed to us how to make a Papyrus, it is first known to have been used in ancient Egypt as writing material and for boats, mattresses, etc.

It was a four hour long drive (if my memory serves me right) to Cairo from Alexandria, as shown in the video we have a tour guide in the bus narrating us about the history, tradition, culture about Egypt. We went to Giza Necropolis an archeological site on the Giza Plateau. This ancient monument includes the three pyramids known as the Great Pyramids (Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, the Great Sphinx, and several cemeteries. I was expecting to see vast dessert on our way there, instead it was unexpected to see that the Pyramids were just located beside the city of Cairo (see the video).

Visitors should be aware that, on any one visit to Egypt, one will not be allowed to go inside all of the Giza Pyramids. 

Though they may all be easily seen, at any one time, the internal structure of one of the three major pyramids at Giza will be closed to the public for preservation. 

 

Each individual tourist who wishes to enter the pyramids at Giza must purchase their own ticket.

The great pyramid of Giza (also known as Pyramids of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one still in existence. 

The Great Sphinx of Giza ( alson known The Terrifying One) is a limestone statue a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head that stands on the Giza Plateau. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture, and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafra.  

 

I was able to buy a souvenir, a cartouche necklace personalized with my name. Cartouches were formerly only worn by Pharaohs. The oval surrounding their name was meant to protect them from evil spirits in life and after death. The cartouche has become a symbol representing good luck and protection from evil.

It was a fantastic feeling to see those ancient monuments oozing with history where ancient Egypt is one of the world's great civilizations. Everyone who visits Egypt should indeed see the Great Pyramids at the Giza Plateau but for others who have a solid interest in these great monuments, there is more that should be seen.