The sands of time

It is hard in the minds eye to take away today... the tourist busses, the straggling crowds of onlookers and the persistent hawkers - and the city sprawl only a few hundred yards away -untidy streets and poverty.

But take a step back and see how these majestic structures dwarf us as we stand impotent at their feet. Four and a half thousand years old and still they draw crowds that wonder at the skill, inventiveness and resource of their creators. At least I did.

The pyramids are the only remaining structures left from the ancients seven wonders of the world.. and were ancient when that list was created. But without a doubt they are wonderful... Just a quick read about them shows what amazing structures these are. What a privilege to stand on the desert sand and look up at a structure that for over three thousand years was the tallest building in the world.

But.. while I am bowled over by the pyramids, and think the Sphinx was wonderful there is one other must see if you are ever there.

The Cheops boat...