Red Pyramid is the world’s oldest "true" (as opposed to "step") pyramid constructed circa 2600BC

Making our way into the antechambers of Red Pyramid

The ceiling of the inner chamber of Red Pyramid…notice the charcoal graffiti, left by British explorers in the early 19th century.

Red Pyramid

Bent Pyramid

HAVE to touch the oldest pyramid in the world!!!!!! WOW!

Bent Pyramid - Built circa 2600BC - Archaeologists believe that the shift in the angle near the top of the pyramid was due to signs of structural instability during its construction hence, they had to reduce the angle from 54 degrees to 43 degrees, giving it its name.

The Pyramid of Djoser also known as Step Pyramid is the first Egyptian pyramid and is the oldest confirmed pyramid in the world still intact. Built: c.2667 – 2648 BC

Engraved texts inside the burial chamber of the Pyramid of Teti

Sarcophagus of Teti inside the Pyramid of Teti (notice the stars etched in the ceiling)

This mound is all that remains of the exterior of the Pyramid of Teti (2345–2323 BC), originally built in step form and cased in limestone. Below ground the chambers and corridors are very well preserved.

The most visible mosque in Cairo, Mosque of Muhammad Ali, is one of the newer mosques in the city, built in the first half of the 19th century.

Mosque of Muhammad Ali

The oldest mosque in Cairo, Mosque of Ibn Tulun, was completed in 879AD Mosque of Muhammad Ali is seen in the distance

Atop the minaret of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun

Cairo is a definitely a unique place with stunningly ancient sites, but much of the city is in a sad state of disrepair. This looked to me like way more than just trash…it looks like “rubble” such as you’d see after an earthquake…sure enough, Michael googled it and found that there was indeed an earthquake here in 1992 and it seems much of this area has never been rebuilt or touched..very sad

Notice the young boy playing with the tire amongst the rubble.😢