The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact.
Based on a mark in an interior chamber naming the work gang and a reference to fourth dynastyEgyptian Pharaoh Khufu, Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was built as a tomb over a 10 to 20-year period concluding around 2560 BC. Initially at 146.5 metres (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years.
The Great Sphinx of Giza
The area of Giza in Egypt holds many extraordinary structures including the Great Sphinx along with the Pyramids. All are fair game for your inspiration.
Phoenix Rising Poetry Guild 
A SNAFU FOR KHUFU
He built
a massive tomb
but got robbed anyway;
even Pharaoh can be gypped in
Egypt.
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Yoi! What an E(gyp)tian!
chuckle, chortle
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If it wasn’t for the pyramids
and Sphinx with its flat nose,
the dry and arid land would be
a place where no one goes.
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Hah! Love it.
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So true. But I’ll settle for pictures of the area and spend my time exploring the most beautiful nation on earth, the USA.
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Highly doubtful! Well said.
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Questions
Whose idea was it?
Where’d the design come from?
What is the purpose of such structures?
Did aliens or Jewish slaves build them?
And why?
Vanity maybe?
An attempt at immortality?
A passage into the overworld?
Or the underworld?
Or some other world?
Will we ever know?
Do we really care?
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Oh yes! Do we indeed. Nice!
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INNER SANCTUM
In the crypt beneath the sand,
in a structure made by man,
subterranean tombs are common
in the land of Tutenkhamen.
Through a series of endless channels
where there is no need for camels,
Sahib comes here to explore
deep below the desert floor.
Scarabs and bejeweled jackals
down there where the spirits cackle.
The ghosts of Pharoahs have conniptions,
and they all walk like Egyptians!
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What fun! But now I have that song looping through my mind. Thanks!
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http://rhymeswithbug.wordpress.com/2015/07/Tribute
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The Magic of Isis
Stuck inside a pyramid,
entombed for eternity?
There is a way out. Summon
the spirit of Isis, Goddess
of Magic. Her fame spread
throughout Egypt, when instead
of a crypt, she brought Osiris
(her husband and brother) back
to life. What a wife!
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Indeed!! I love the lore from those days…so rich! 🙂 Nice work, Sara.
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Intriguing location! 🙂
https://wordrustling.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/riddle-of-the-great-sphinx-of-giza/
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[…] Original image (c) Larry Fink (Loggers in Washington State), and I watercolored it using Waterlogued. Poem inspired by a prompt from Phoenix Rising […]
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Here’s mine. https://miskmask.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/phoenix-days-12-the-old-cedar-tree/
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