Cairo

This ist he step pyramid.This is the bus we traveled in.

Here we see the some of the pyramids. We are about ready to visit the Mohammad Ali Mosque We have all ready visited the Cairo Museum where the discoveries from King Tut's Tomb are on display

Day 3 Monday May 26. Were in Egypt!!. Can you believe it.? Here we travel back in time over 3,500 years to when Joseph was sold into Egypt by his brothers and married anEgyptian woman named Asanath. You remember the two sons of Joseph and Asanath were Manasseh and Ephraim and we have heard theses names many time in Church History. Here we see the giant pyramids, temples and tombs of ancient Egypt. These people were very knowledgeable and a lot of our beliefs and ideals come from them . They recorded
records, they knew geometry, science of astronomy, medical science, methods of surgery they sought meaning and beauty from life. They had a firm belief in the after life. Most of the people about 95 present live in or around the Nile river which is the worlds longest river and flows the entire length of the country, the rest of Egypt is windswept Sahara Desert. The weather here is warm and they seldom have rain. None in 5 years now. The official language is Arabic. There are more than 80 pyramids in Egypt . As we enter the gates to the Cairo Museum we see papyrus growing and it is believed that was the material used to form the little basket that carried Moses into the the Pharaoh's family. We are able to see an illustration of how the stems were placed together in layers and then crushed under pressure to form a rough paper . The paper was originally white but age turned it brown. I guess that's what is happening to me. We were also told about the Lotus blossoms, which is in a lot of the art work done here. As we go into the rotunda we see three large statues of Ramses 11 . It is believed that he was the Pharaoh at the time of Moses.