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CAIRO — Egypt on Saturday opened two of its oldest pyramids, located about 25 miles south of the capital Cairo, to visitors for the first time since 1965.

Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany told reporters that tourists were are now allowed to visit the Bent Pyramid and its satellite pyramid in the Dahshur royal necropolis, which is part of the Memphis Necropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

1 posted on 07/15/2019 8:42:00 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: SunkenCiv

Pyramid ping.


2 posted on 07/15/2019 8:42:20 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989; SunkenCiv

I thought it was unsafe to go into the Bent Pyramid. The inside has been reinforced to prevent a cave-in.


3 posted on 07/15/2019 8:46:48 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: rdl6989

All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance don’t you know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They’re falling down like a domino


4 posted on 07/15/2019 8:51:04 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: rdl6989

Why in the hell does any sovereign nation give a dam what UNESCO thinks about any of their national heritage sites? It - UNESCO and its official stamp of global “Heritage” sites - is just idiocy and sovereign surrender to the U.N. on a matter that is none of the U.N.’s business.


7 posted on 07/15/2019 9:11:39 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: rdl6989

What Goes Up? - Alan Parsons Project

What goes up must come down
What must rise must fall
And what goes on in your life
Is writing on the wall!

If all things must fall
Why build a miracle at all?
If all things must pass
Even a miracle won’t last

What goes up must come down
What must stand alone
And what goes on in your mind
Is turning into stone!

If all things must fall
Why build a miracle at all?
If all things must pass
Even a pyramid won’t last

How can you be so sure?
How do you know what the end will endure?
How can you be so sure
That the wonders you’ve made in your life will be seen
By the millions who’ll follow to visit the site
Of your dream?
What goes up must come down
What goes ‘round must come ‘round
What’s been lost must be found

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eIx5mqWUKM


17 posted on 07/15/2019 10:25:10 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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