{"id":3418,"date":"2023-01-15T15:15:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T23:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/?page_id=3418"},"modified":"2023-01-17T08:16:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T16:16:50","slug":"travels-up-the-nike-page-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/?page_id=3418","title":{"rendered":"Travels up the Nile — Page 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Giza and the Pyramids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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\"Dad<\/a>
Brenna and her Dad at a “tourist trap”on the way to Giza. Sphinx was not for sale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"StepPyramid\"<\/a>
Step Pyramid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Brenna's<\/a>
Brenna’s new best friend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sakkara mastabas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Akram<\/a>
Akram explaining the layout of a mastaba tomb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Mastaba<\/a>
Interior of a mastaba tomb…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mastabas:<\/strong>\u00a0 The name means \u201cHouse for Eternity\u201d and comes from an Arabic word meaning \u201cbench\u201d for their resemblance to a mud brick bench. Mastaba tombs were first built of mud brick and later of stone. They began as burial sites for royals in the first two dynasties (3100-2675 BCE)\u00a0 As the Old Kingdom progressed, pharaohs started to be buried in pyramids, but mastaba tombs continued to be used for important commoners. Some of the best preserved tomb decorations are to be found in mastabas. The first attempt at building a pyramid, the Step Pyramid (above), looks much like five mastabas stacked one on top of another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"In<\/a>
… and Key seems to have had his fill of temples and tombs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Grand<\/a>
On the way to the Pyramids at Giza we pass the new and still unopened Grand Egyptian Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Gloria and Miliie meet the pyramids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Pyramids\"<\/a>
Left:<\/strong> The pyramid of Khofu Right<\/strong>: The pyramid of Khafre. The left pyramid is the largest and tallest. Khafre’s pyramid on the right looks bigger because it is located on higher ground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Tomb robbers Angela and Key<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Pyramids<\/a>
Smaller pyramids for the lesser folks. Cairo in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
The Sphinx, rather worse for wear.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Brenna, why is she smiling, she plans to climb atop a nasty camel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Brenna<\/a>
Brenna (still smiling) and Key departing on a Silk Road caravan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Everywhere<\/a>
Everywhere she goes, Brenna makes friends<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Giza and the Pyramids Mastabas:\u00a0 The name means \u201cHouse for Eternity\u201d and comes from an Arabic word meaning \u201cbench\u201d for their resemblance to a mud brick bench. Mastaba tombs were first built of mud brick and later of stone. They began as burial sites for royals in the first two dynasties (3100-2675 BCE)\u00a0 As the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3377,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3418"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3504,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3418\/revisions\/3504"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}