These pictures were taken while I was in Cairo for VLDB 2000. Due to inexperience with cameras, I returned with fewer good pictures than I would have liked.

Click the quarter-size thumbnails to view the original scans.

Camel drivers

[42 KB] Camel drivers on the Giza Plateau.

Crow-like birds

[15 KB] Vaguely crow-like birds on the Mena House grounds.

View from Giza Plateau

[16 KB] On the Giza Plateau, facing Cairo.

Great Pyramids

[8 KB] The Great Pyramids at Giza.

View from Mena

[37 KB] Mena House is that close.

Another Pyramid view

[5 KB] Another Great Pyramid view.

Entrance to a Pyramid

[14 KB] The entrance to one of the Great Pyramids.

Pyramid view

[5 KB] The vehicles should give an idea of the size of the Pyramids.

Sphinx

[26 KB] A picture of the Sphinx.

Trees

[11 KB] Some trees on the Mena grounds.


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