The church is filled with magnificent murals, exquisite stained glass, and screens inlaid with animal bones and ivory, all of which are ingenious. The marble pulpit supported by 13 stone pillars symbolizes the 13 disciples of Jesus.

One of them is made of black basalt, representing Judas who betrayed Jesus. Poor Judas was arranged by God to betray Jesus, otherwise how could he have become the man who moved the world that year.

There are many tourists in the churches facing the street, but few people visit the many churches in the lower alleys to the east. The deeper you go, the older they are. The Nunnery of Saint George is not open to the public. I heard that masochists can come here to receive the bondage blessing from the nuns.

Saint Sergius Church was built on a basement. Back then, after the Virgin Mary gave birth to baby Jesus in a manger behind a small inn in Bethlehem, in order to avoid the pursuit of King Herod, she rode a donkey with her child in her arms, accompanied by her husband Joseph.

We crossed the desert of the Sinai Peninsula and came to Cairo. Maria, her husband Joseph and their son Jesus hid in this basement. When Jesus grew up, he returned to his hometown and founded the world's largest gang, Christianity. Now the basement has been flooded and cannot be visited.

Further in is the St. Barbara Church, which was built to commemorate a girl who was so obsessed that she believed in Christianity that she was willing to be beaten to death by her father. This incident once again taught Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo that idealism is deadly.

At the end of the winding alley is the Ben Ezra Synagogue, where Moses was picked up by Pharaoh's daughter and taken home. I have seen many churches before, but this alley, which is rarely visited by tourists, is quiet and winding, with goods such as paintings and photos on both sides. Wandering here is a unique experience.

Back on the road to Marigerges and not far north is the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, the first mosque in Africa. It was built in 642 by Amr ibn al-As, one of the four great Arab talents who first conquered Egypt. After several changes and expansions, it is now completely different from what it used to be. The huge courtyard is empty.

Sitting on the thick carpet and flipping through the idle Quran on the side is a very nice place to rest.

I saw someone carrying a plastic bucket and selling it on the road. I went up to him and asked for a bowl to try. It was a drink called "Uzou", which cost one Egyptian pound per cup. I asked him for a long time but he didn't tell me what it was made of. It tasted pretty good. It felt like carbonated yogurt.

Seeing that it was still early, I decided to go to Victory Square. Go north along Line 1 and get off at Kobrielkobba Station, then take a taxi to the intersection of Alnasr Road and Drabdalaziz Alshenawi Road, which is Victory Square. It has a bit of the flavor of Chang'an Avenue in Japan. The Warm Imperial Statue is located in the square.

A huge abstract pyramid, this is the Monument to the Unknown Soldier, commemorating the soldiers who died in the anticlimactic October War in 1973 to break through Israel's Bar Lev Line. Opposite the square is a parade stand, where former Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar Sadat holds a military parade every year.

Unfortunately, he was assassinated by several soldiers on the viewing platform during the 1981 military parade. Now Sadat is also buried here. There are guards in modern uniforms standing guard at the four corners of the square. There are four more guards standing guard under the monument. The first two are probably wearing uniforms from the Ottoman era and red round hats. The last two are dressed like ancient Egyptian soldiers.

Wearing turbans, holding spears and leather sandals, they stood there very lonely. I was glad that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo came here to harass and take photos. The square is surrounded by modern urban areas, commercial residential buildings, and office buildings, which have changed the dirty and messy appearance of the old city.

The doctor will ask you where you are going and recommend what shots and medicines you need. You can get a vaccine against hepatitis A and take medicines for cholera and malaria. Please note that you are not covered by medical insurance. Cash only.

Cooling oil, ballpoint pen --- Chinese people must bring gifts when they go abroad, sometimes they can be used for consumption. (The conclusion is that it is very practical!)

How to use: Cooling oil: The police like it more, as do the security personnel at the museum. If you give it to them and they are still greedy, just say they have run out. Some people are particularly greedy. So the cooling oils should be placed separately, not put together in a string. Pay special attention to Dragon Tiger brand cooling oil, the kind in a small yellow can.

Ballpoint pens: taxi drivers, sailboat boatmen, shop owners... everything is a place for bargaining. After all, ballpoint pens are low in cost and very easy to use. They are available in stationery wholesale markets.

Paper towels --- both wet and dry are needed. There are often uncles and aunties waiting for you at the toilet door with rolls of paper. Don't take it if you can, unless you are out of paper, and you have to pay a tip. Wet paper towels are used for many purposes, from wiping your face to wiping your hands. You can't expect to find a pipe to wash your hands at any time.

Medicines---from diarrhea, colds, sore throats, fevers to Band-Aids, all are indispensable. There are medicines in the pharmacy, but I can't understand the names of the medicines and there are communication problems. You can eat anything you want, but you can't take medicines at random.

Throat lozenges & chewing gum --- In dry climates, throats are more likely to feel uncomfortable. When you are bored and can't brush your teeth, or even when you have finished eating throat lozenges, chewing gum is your treasure. It is recommended to buy mint flavor.

Currency---Except at the airport, there seems to be no place to pay with credit cards. There are still a few ATMs in big cities. It is recommended to bring some US dollars and Euros. The Sharmal-Shejkh accommodation and the Luxor-Aswan Nile cruise accept US dollars, and shopping at the airport also accepts US dollars.

Clothing---sleeveless, short-sleeved, long-sleeved + jackets are the best combination of clothing and food. Wear when it's cold and take off when it's hot. On night trains or trains, the air conditioner is usually turned on. P.S. You can bring down a blanket from the plane. If you have requirements for a pillow, you can also bring down one. There is no need to be sneaky. Many foreigners take down blankets in front of the flight attendants. It's not shameful.

Sleeping bag liner---about RMB 50. As a backpacker, the place where you usually live is called a "guest house" with not very clean quilts, so you don't need a sleeping bag. The sleeping bag liner is light and practical.

Another way to save money is to bring your own quilt cover that you are going to throw away and throw it there before you come back, which will free up space for other things. A backpack of about 50l-60l. A camera (no need to explain this).

If you have unresolved matters, if you are hesitating, if you feel that your youth is slipping away, then go to Egypt!

Throwing a gold coin in front of a 5,000-year-old pyramid and letting it roll under the scorching sun is not about letting a small round coin determine your life, but at that moment, the mysterious Pharaoh will awaken the true Yunluo deep in your heart, and you will not know where to go or where to go. The fertile land of the Nile will nourish its growth, and the beautiful and attractive Red Sea will irrigate it.

As Sanmao, who was crazy about the Sahara, said: Yunluo has an unchanging belief in his heart. Yunluo is not very clear about what it is, but Yunluo will not give up this power that guides Yunluo in the dark, until one day Yunluo leaves the world and returns to the eternal place.

This stop, Egypt!

Cairo looked like a big construction site, with houses being built everywhere. But basically all the houses were occupied before they were even topped off. The tour guide told Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo that because Egypt allows private ownership of land, many people buy their own land to build houses. Or they build houses on their own land, but the money is gone after they finish building one floor.

Just move in first, and then build another floor when you have enough money. But Yunluo saw on the Internet that there is a law in Egypt that requires heavy taxes to be paid if the per capita living area exceeds a certain amount, but this is not the case before the house is built. So there are countermeasures for every policy. People deliberately do not finish building the building.

Just live in the already built floors. But this will really scare visitors from all directions. The mysterious Egypt in my mind can only be described in three words. If you go to Cairo, you will definitely know which three words Yunluo wants to say.

On the first day in Egypt, you still have to eat some local food. Generally speaking, Egyptian local dishes are relatively monotonous. Meat is beef, lamb, chicken, roasted or stewed, and vegetables are usually salads with only tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce.

However, eggplant is often eaten, either as a side dish or a hot dish. The staple food usually includes rice cooked with minced meat and seasonings, and cakes. Yunluo likes the dipping sauce for cakes the most. It is very fragrant and must be made with sesame paste.

The pyramids have undoubtedly become a synonym for Egypt. You may not know that Egypt has the Nile River, temples, and the Red Sea, but everyone knows that Egypt has the pyramids! Because of the heavy veil of five thousand years, because of its incredible tallness and majesty, and because of so many amazing numerical mysteries.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The mysterious cloak of the pyramids has never fallen off. If you can really take a look at it, it will be like fulfilling a dream you have had since childhood. It is said that time can change everything, but there is an Egyptian proverb that says: "Humans fear time, and time fears the pyramids."

There are more than a hundred pyramids in Egypt. If you go there, you must visit the "Giza Pyramids", one of the "Seven Wonders of the World". The Giza Pyramids is not a single pyramid, but a general term for a group. It is the tallest building in ancient Egypt.

The Giza Pyramids are located north of Memphis, the capital of the ancient Egyptian Kingdom, and southwest of Cairo, the current capital of Egypt, by car in just 30 minutes. There are a total of 10 pyramids in the Giza Pyramids. The three largest and best-preserved pyramids are the Khufu Pyramids built by the three emperors of the Fourth Dynasty.

The Pyramid of Khafra and the Pyramid of Menkaura were built between 2600 BC and 2500 BC. They are what Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo now often call the Great Pyramids. There are many "mastabas" (meaning bench in Arabic) and small pyramids around the three large pyramids.

The Pyramid of Khufu is the largest of the Giza Pyramids and the largest of all the pyramids in Egypt. It is listed as one of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World".

It is also the only one that has withstood the test of thousands of years. Before the Eiffel Tower was built, it was the tallest building in the world. In fact, when I was a child, Yunluo didn't know that there were so many pyramids in Egypt. I assumed there was only one, and I guess this is it.

The original height of the Pyramid of Khufu was 146.4 meters, equivalent to a 40-story skyscraper. Due to weathering over the years, the top has peeled off 10 meters and is now 137 meters high. The base of the tower is square, each 230.6 meters long and covers an area of ​​5.3 hectares. The entire pyramid is built with 2.3 million stones, and the stones of varying sizes weigh from 1.5 tons to 160 tons.

The total weight of the pyramid is about 6.84 million tons. A researcher who loves pyramids has calculated that if the stones of the pyramids were transported by train, 600,000 train cars would be needed; if these stones were cut into small pieces with an average of one cubic foot, they could circle the earth along the equator.

If you only look at it from a distance, if you don't stand close enough to touch it, even if it is almost too big for your lens to fit, you can't feel how tall and majestic it is. Only when you get close enough to touch it, you will understand why it can be so shocking! Why is it rumored that it was built by aliens! Why it can be called a miracle!

There was originally a 1-kilometer-long limestone road around the pyramid of Khufu, and the remains can still be found on the east and west sides of the pyramid. The entire pyramid is built on a huge convex rock, covering an area of ​​about 52,900 square meters and a volume of about 2.6 million cubic meters. The surface of the pyramid originally had a layer of polished limestone veneer, which has now been completely peeled off by weathering.

The four slopes of the Pyramid of Khufu face east, south, west and north. Each face is almost an equilateral triangle with an inclination of 51 degrees and 52 minutes.

Researchers have discovered that back in 2500 BC, four tunnels pointed to four special stars that were crossing the meridian at that time. They were respectively facing the second star "Emperor" in the Ursa Minor constellation, the brightest first star "Sirius" in the Canis Major constellation, the "North Star" and the first star "Right Pole Star" in the Draco constellation.

There was also a crazy pyramid lover named Frederick Petrie from England. He and his father spent 20 years surveying the Great Pyramid of Khufu. They were surprised to find all kinds of magical numbers hidden in the Great Pyramid: the pyramid's own weight x 1015 = the weight of the earth.

The height of the pyramid x 1 billion = the distance from the earth to the sun (150 million kilometers); the circumference of the base of the pyramid x 2 = the time division of the equator; the circumference of the base of the pyramid ÷ (height x 2) = pi. (To be continued...)