Obama visits Egypt Pyramids, sees his ancient twin
While on official visit to Egypt last week, US President Barack Obama indulged in some tourism, touring the Great Pyramids of Giza, which he labeled “awe-inspiring”. According to MSNBC News, Obama described the tour as the best off the record experience of his presidency so far.
The president’s short stay in Cairo included a tour to the Sultan Hassan mosque, a 600-year-old center of Islamic worship and study. He also visited the Great Pyramids of Giza, and joked with journalists that if they were not present, “I’d get on a camel.”
At one point during the tour, Obama is reported to have spotted a 4,600-year-old relief portrait of a man named Kar, who was a priest, scholar and judge spurring the remark, “That looks like me!” Look at those ears!”
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