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1000places > CAIRO - In the Museum's courtyard rested the top of an obelisk that became separated from its lower section sometime in antiquity.
1000places > CAIRO - Touring the gardens of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, we came upon this carving. Could these be stone portraits of the same person? Or brothers, perhaps? Or fathers and sons? Or maybe this was just a block of granite that ancient apprentice sculptors used to practice carving faces.
1000places > OLD CAIRO - Like most of Cairo, the square in front of the Mosque of Sayyidna al-Hussein was full of people going about their daily duties, including this young boy carrying freshly baked bread. Obviously Egyptian youth have a good sense of balance.
1000places > OLD CAIRO - WAITING FOR LUNCH: In the crowded alleyways of the Khan el-Khalli market, we gathered for lunch outside a restaurant named for Naguib Mahfouz, an Egyptian novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize. He grew up in the neighborhood, but actually held his weekly literary gatherings in a cafe around the corner.
1000places > CAIRO - An ancient and very well-presereved sculpture outside the museum displayed amazing colors in the stone.
1000places > CAIRO - The lotus flower - today's water lilly - frequently appeared in the writings and drawings of ancient Egypt, so it wasn't unusual to find the rare Egyptian blue water lilly growing in one of the fountains at the Egyptian Antiquities Museum.
1000places > CAIRO - Our next day began with a trip to one of the great museums of the world &#8211; Cairo&#8217;s Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. Sitting in the shadows of Cairo's modern downtown, the elegant coral-pink and copper-domed museum was built in 1900 (the museum has existed since 1835). Its 50 galleries trace 3000 years of Egypt&#8217;s history from the Old Kingdom to the Greek-Roman era, but photographs of the interior exhibits were not allowed.
1000places > CAIRO - Another carving in the garden of the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities displayed an intriquing triad of figures. We wished we had more time to inquire about the ancient symbolism of the figures, especially the lion/dog/human(?) figure on the right (it could have been a statue of Menhit, a lion-headed female deity that, legend says, led ancient Egyptian armies into battles).
1000places > CAIRO - A standard feature of OAT trips is the "home hosted" dinner. In Cairo, our hostess was a professional interior designer (as was her husband who was away on business). They lived in a spacious apartment in the upscale El Mahessa district. We met her three, very polite sons (the youngest is pictured here), and the food was excellent (particularly the eggplant and the dessert).
CAIRO - In the Museum's courtyard rested the top of an obelisk that became separated from its lower section sometime in antiquity.

1000places > CAIRO - In the Museum's courtyard rested the top of an obelisk that became separated from its lower section sometime in antiquity.
CAIRO - In the Museum's courtyard rested the top of an obelisk that became separated from its lower section sometime in antiquity.

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