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Day 4 and still no luggage. This is really getting old. We have become good at washing our things in the sink and hanging them up to dry during the day. This morning we drove to Memphis, once the capital of the Old Kingdom.
First we went to the open air museum in Mit Rahina. This is believed to be the
remains of the grand temple of Ptah which at one time was the biggest temple in
Egypt. Today, only a fraction of the temple remains, which was originally
excavated by the famous Egyptologist, W.M. Flinders Petrie between 1908 and
1913.
The Colossus of Ramses. This is an enormous limestone statue. It is about 34 ft. long and is unfinished.
The Alabaster Sphinx. It was carved in honor of an unknown Pharaoh most likely during the eighteenth dynasty, between 1700 and 1400 BC. It is 8m (26 ft) long and 4m (13 ft) tall and weighs around 90 tons.
