Monday, October 30, 2006

More pyramids?

I took this picture while standing right next to the Pyramids of Giza. If you look carefully off in the distance, you can see still more pyramids. I knew there were more pyramids in Egypt than those found in Giza, but never realized how many more - more than 80!









Of course, many of them are not particularly attractive,
e.g. this low-budget one for Senusret II whose builders saved money by constructing it around a limestone hill. It seems to have deteriorated a lot.