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Me #touristing. (More info later.) #vacation

Day 2, stop 2. Our group stopped at Hawara, which was a bit less physically demanding than our stop at Meidum. Hawara is located near a canal and an oasis. What we see of the pyramid today is exposed mud brick which would have been covered in limestone. The burial chamber inside is carved out of quartzite and a temple called a labyrinth was located right next to it. Greco Roman artifacts (which is in the foreground of my first photo) were also uncovered in the area. The site was excavated in the 19th century. However, today the entrance is flooded and the interior inaccessible.

Day 2: First stop was at Meidum, which is known as the collapsed pyramid. The exterior straight sides collapsed exposing the stepped construction. There is a debate about whether it collapsed during construction, and it appears no one was buried in it. A mortuary temple is easily accessible. The burial chamber is accessible via a wooden ladder (no photos, I was busy trying to climb it). Also at the site is Tomb 17, a grave of a noble person who wanted to be buried near a pyramid. The sarcophagus is accessible through a robber’s tunnel. I recommend doing this at least once, but it’s not for the claustrophobic or those who have trouble crawling on their hands and knees through dirt and climbing on wooden boards and ladders.

Day 1. Enjoying what the hotel had to offer — in other words, (lots of) sleeping and eating and walking about after 24 hours of travel through Vancouver and London to Cairo. #vacation

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