Our first stop was in the ancient capital of Egypt, Memphis. Although most of the city has been destroyed, there are still some statues and antiquities remaining. The statue is made of limestone and rests lying down in the museum. Still in Memphis, we gathered for a picture in front of the small sphinx. This particular sphinx belongs to an unknown pharaoh.
All sphinx have the head of a man and the body of a lion.
The lion represents strength, and the face represents intelligence. After Memphis we headed to Saqqara. Here we see the first attept at the pyramid shape by the pharaoh Djoser. He began construction on the tomb by building the first level in the regular square shape. Wanting to make it more spectacular he added the second layer and continued on, for a total of 6 layers.