We had to get up a little early to get on the bus to drive to the pyramids! The first two pyramids we saw were the bent pyramid and the red pyramid. It is called the bent pyramid because when the architect started building the pyramid, about a third through the pyramid he realized it was going to be two tall so he had to make the angle smaller, resulting in a slight bend on all four sides. The red pyramid is called that because the limestone was from a different quarry, and it was a little red so that is how the red pyramid got its name. We got to go inside the red pyramid and we had to go up the side of the pyramid and then down a ramp in the inside. The celling was so low, that I had to bend down. The pyramid celling was in little steps too! The inside also smelled like bat guano. After those two pyramids we went to the Saqqara step pyramid. It had exactly six steps! We couldn’t go inside, but we got to touch the base! After the step pyramid, we went to a store to get travel presents. Then we went to lunch and we could see the pyramids of Giza! We went to one of the pyramids, the tallest one and we saw that the top still had the smooth texture the whole pyramid used to have! We got to touch that pyramids and then after the pyramids of Giza, we saw the Sphinx! The head was the only still detailed part. The Sphinx nose truth was cut off by a Muslim who thought it prospered paganism, but still some people believe still that Napoleon used it for target practice! After that we went back to our hotel, ate dinner, celebrated the new year and went to bed. Our trip to Egypt went by so fast!
Eliza Green 