{"id":392,"date":"2023-02-22T15:41:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/?p=392"},"modified":"2023-02-22T15:41:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:41:30","slug":"our-final-day-took-us-to-saqqara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"Our final day took us to Saqqara."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We came back to Cairo yesterday, walked through the old Islamic section of Cairo and headed off this morning to see the oldest pyramid, a step pyramid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0624388416661996294015620353-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0624388416661996294015620353-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0624388416661996294015620353-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0624388416661996294015620353-768x1020.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Imhotep kept adding layers till it was tall enough to be seen from outside the surrounding wall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0645201344074052301660859109-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0645201344074052301660859109-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0645201344074052301660859109-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0645201344074052301660859109-768x1020.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Great hieroglyphics from 2,300 BC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0647478065876620033383220593-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0647478065876620033383220593-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0647478065876620033383220593-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0647478065876620033383220593-768x1020.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Have to stay limber to explore pyramids!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0714065056542719514971034408-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0714065056542719514971034408-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0714065056542719514971034408-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0714065056542719514971034408-768x1020.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"444\" data-id=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0700126302703150193977145507.-1024x444.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0700126302703150193977145507.-1024x444.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0700126302703150193977145507.-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0700126302703150193977145507.-768x333.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Were they an early inspiration for the Rockettes??<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0735421067315654299850434350-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0735421067315654299850434350-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0735421067315654299850434350-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_0735421067315654299850434350-768x1020.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Close up of step pyramid. Damaged during a 1912 earthquake so we couldn&#8217;t go in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" data-id=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_1521492268724372753725501272.-1024x741.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_1521492268724372753725501272.-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_1521492268724372753725501272.-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pxl_20230222_1521492268724372753725501272.-768x556.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">And the sun sets on Cairo&#8230;. and our journey. It will be good to get home, even though there&#8217;s currently a winter storm. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We came back to Cairo yesterday, walked through the old Islamic section of Cairo and headed off this morning to see the oldest pyramid, a step pyramid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":393,"href":"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisytravel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}