Tongue firmly in cheek :-)

Cedar Shakes And Shingles Will Add Life To Ancient Monuments.

It took the Egyptians centuries to build the Great Pyramids, but they'll be able to have them all reshingled in less than six months.

Thanks to donations from Canadian lumber companies, Egypt will soon be able to have most of their ancient pyramids reshingled, protecting them against the harsh Egyptian elements.

The Great Pyramid itself, which took 20 years and 100,000 men to build, should take three weeks to shingle...

[More]  The Toque, Canada, Undated.

From camels to the Coptic Hanging Church, museums to mummies, pyramids to packed street markets, Charlotte Gapper saw it all when she got a taste of Egypt on a recent trip to Cairo.

The pyramids must be some of the most photographed monuments in the world, but waking up and drawing our curtains to find them outside was still spellbinding.

Having arrived in Cairo in the middle of the night, we had no idea our hotel was quite so near the three Pyramids of Giza...

[More]  Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette, UK, Jan 13 2005.