American Studies InstituteAin Sukhna, Egypt January 2005

Slideshow Five: Tour Day 2: Ancient Monuments

A Joint Project of Binational Fulbright Commission-Egypt

and

James Madison UniversityOffice of International Programs

Lee Sternberger, Principal Investigator

Project Directors Noha El Gindi (Fulbright)

Lorie Merrow (JMU)

JMU FacultyPhilip Bigler, Steve Reich

Elizabeth Chew (Monticello) Mark Facknitz, Howard Lubert

Fulbright AssistantsMariam

Laila HusseinJMU Student Assistant

Bareza Rasoul

At Memphis,

ancient capital of

Egypt, the

alabaster Sphinx,

(1700-1400BC)

one of over 2000

in Egypt.

The Colossus of Ramesses at Saqqara in

Memphis

Dhoser, the Stepped Pyramid, (ca. 2600 BC), one of over 200 pyramids in Egypt

Lunch at Andrea, an Egyptian franchise serving traditional foods

The three pyramids at Giza, the most famous pyramids, just outside Cairo

The Great Sphinx at Giza, (ca. 2500 BC), a monument to Khafre

The JMU group at Giza

Some of us went inside the one pyramid open to the public.

The Scene around the Giza pyramids…

Praying….

Selling, buying….

Selling rides….

The JMU fellows with our guide and our security detail

The view from the pyramids at Giza