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stony cavern with its age-long layer of dust and grime was
neither attractive nor inspiring to me. I paid my respects to
the Sphinx, took a ride on a camel, and late in the afternoon
decided to climb the Pyramid of Cheops. At best this is a
hazardous venture, since the rocks of which the Pyramid is
built—piled one upon the other.—are huge, and no clear path
to the top is visible. Few can climb safely wi F