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	INDEX

	INTRODUCTION

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	Intro

	The Pyramids

	Map

	Khufu

	Solar boat

	Queen's pyramids

	Khafre

	Menkaure

	The Sphinx

	Mastabas

	Tomb of Khentkawes

	Modern city

	House boats and the Nile

	Roberts' Giza

	Practicalties

	Introduction to PYRAMIDS

BASICS
	Getting there

	Visas & passports

	Eating & sleeping

	Getting around

	Climate

	Health

	Safety

	Costs & currencies

	Shopping

	Don't forget to bring...

	Short facts

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GIZA:
Or is it still Cairo

Giza is very much part of Larger Cairo, and although it is statistically counted as the third largest city of Egypt, it has really very little identityexistence on its own. The architecture here is much of a continuation of what is found in Cairo centre, but sometimes the living conditions here are better.

Giza has really just one sight, but what a sight; the world's most famous one. The Pyramids of Giza lies a few kilometres just south of central Giza.

It hasn't always been like that. The pyramids used to rest in peace and dignity far from the nearest town. But the growth of larger Cairo had to be done in southern direction, where there was room, and today a new suburb has grown up next to the pyramids.

-"Look, your sister is taller than a pyramid block!". This is not one of the two large pyramids, this is the smallest of the three at Giza.

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