Last year, while visiting the Barron Empain Palace, we should have toured the nearby open-air museum devoted to the single obelisk remaining at the large obelisk site. We made a special trip to see it this year.
Located in the heart of Heliopolis, it was surprising to learn that this site is not more widely known and visited. This was even Roshdy's first visit. We let the lady in the GPS app on my phone guide us on a rather circuitous route to avoid traffic.
Suddenly, there it was, right in the heart of the city!
There are signs, of course. And an admission fee of only 100LE ($2.00)
We found an appropriate angle for the obligatory tourist photo.
The open-air museum has some delightful exhibits.
And there is a very interesting portion that is open-air but shielded from the rain and sun.
And with a little search for the right angle and some Photoshop magic, the obelisk can be made to look a little less like just another city building.
More photos at this Flickr Album.
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