Oh what a fabulous photograph of those so wonderful looking pyramids! The dimension of this historical work looks relly stunning! Thanks for this interesting posting!!!

Beautiful scene , Amazing historic place . Love this serie . Thanks ! Ana

Amazing shots of a magical place. The wonderful pyramid with Sphinx - you have captured some impressive detail with the crumbling stonework. The lower picture has to be viewed full-size to appreciate and notice how small the vehicle is, on the road. Good that you left out the Viewing structures/Seating that would be off picture to the left. Thanks for sharing, brings back memories.

Ah, the most famous of the pyramids, captured gorgeously! Both images impart a great sense of historical mood. I agree that this SHOULD be viewed full size as both a sense of scale and greater details become apparent. This is great work, with a fantastic commentary. I love the fact that the people in the top image are so utterly dwarfed by this structure...it gives a great sense of its size and also underscores the fact that this thing was built by onion-eating people a bit smaller than the ones captured here, and they built this whole thing using their own ingenuity! It says a lot about what we can do as human, if we set our minds to it. Great work on all counts.

Very beautiful captures!!!

Cool pictures. Todd

A fantastic capture, can't wait to see it with my own eyes!! Thanks for sharing this excellent couple of photo's Have a very nice evening Henk

Excellent view of the world famous Sphinx! Are they restoring it, or just trying to protect what is left of it?

Fantastic place, very beautiful captures!!!

how lucky you were to go there i have always dreamed of seeing this!! beautiful captures both of this amazing historical and facinating place !!!

Fabulous shots!

Definitely thanks for all of the feedback. I am just sharing what I saw. Unfortunately, the sphinx had some scaffolding at the time. There was no restoration, from what I could tell, only possibly cleaning and maintaining. I think the big restoration was the rebuilding of the hind quarters, everything else is as it was since when the Napoleonic military used it for target practice. I'm not blaming them, they were creatures of their time, just as the Christians were, who carefully chiselled all of the great pharaonic imagery off so many temple buildings and tomb walls, or the Muslims, who converted churches into mosques, etc, etc. This sort of destruction went on all throughout history, and not until relatively modern times are we more conscious of such things - and I am saying, for the time being only, because moods can change very quickly, and any fanatical group that habitually takes offense to anything they consider sacred, will destroy anything that does not fit their belief system, in a heartbeat. And, Chipka, speaking of human labor and accomplishment? Think of the herculean labor that the citizens of this region performed by peeling the smooth outer layers off nearly (bent pyramid, a notable exception) pyramid in Egypt. Of course the same had happend in Morocco, where the ancient city of Volubilis was stripped off all of its marble, and the Forum Romanum, that was ripped apart by the Popes' eager minions to build the Vatican's St. Peter's Cathedral. Just to name three notable places, that lost much of their magnificence because of being pillaged by later kingdoms and emprires.

Super shot!!

Impressive captures, I never realised the smog was so bad in Cairo, I bet that has an decaying effect on the ancient stone ! Hopefully the restorations will eventually bring back some of the grandeur of this amazing site ! Great captures & ~Cheers~ :o)

Stunning shots, Karl! These are amazing.

Two beautiful shots of the ancient world! This is a stunning capture! Bravo!

Fabulous shots of the number one place I'd like to see. Thanks for sharing these great shots!

Karl, these are really fantastic shots. I am surprised that the outer layer at the top of Khufu's pyramid is still there. It looks as if it could slide down anytime. I guess the pollution created by nearby Cairo doesn't help the preservation of these ancient structures at all. Still, I like to go there, take the train to Luxor, or Aswan, I don't know exactly how far it goes, and take a boat back down the Nile, Sig...

Great shots, thanks for sharing them.

Excellent calender like POV's Very nice

Nice, very nice shot!