On our last day we went to the Great Pyramids at Giza and made a few stops along the way. Like our journey the day before, we saw a lot of farms and plantations during our drive.
Small canals like this were dug by the ancient Egyptians and many of them still survive today, thousands of years later. They were made as passageways, or water roads, as a way for cargo from the Nile to reach inland.
Water buffalo are prevalent in the area, apparently used for farming and hauling large loads
A loan farmer at work
Rich black soil. The nutrients in the Nile fertilize the farmlands when it floods annually, and it is because of this that ancient Egypt was able to develop into such a great civilization in the middle of the desert.
Our driver told us that you can train donkeys to do your errands for you. I'm not sure if he was pulling our leg or not.
Camels hauling bunches of palm fronds
Lunch time for the locals
License plates look cooler in Arabic
Small canals like this were dug by the ancient Egyptians and many of them still survive today, thousands of years later. They were made as passageways, or water roads, as a way for cargo from the Nile to reach inland.
Water buffalo are prevalent in the area, apparently used for farming and hauling large loads
A loan farmer at work
Rich black soil. The nutrients in the Nile fertilize the farmlands when it floods annually, and it is because of this that ancient Egypt was able to develop into such a great civilization in the middle of the desert.
Our driver told us that you can train donkeys to do your errands for you. I'm not sure if he was pulling our leg or not.
Camels hauling bunches of palm fronds
Lunch time for the locals
License plates look cooler in Arabic
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