Many of the sailors rode the train out to see the pyramids.  They swarmed over the Sphinx, which had it's nose shot off by Napoleon in 1798.  They were photographed perched on all portions of the monuments having had their Bedouin guide assist them in climbing to all portions of the Sphinx for their photos.  They then went to the pyramids to be photographed again to show folds back home they had seen one of the seven wonders of the world.  One of the sailors was Milton Willard, USS Georgia who wrote a detailed letter of his visit to the pyramids and Cairo.

These four cards are from the E. L. DeMoss, USS Kansas collection.  Please select to see the complete collection.

This group of photographs is from the M. R. Battey collection and are some of the nicest photographs I have found showing the sailors visiting the pyramids and sphinx.  The card in the top center is from the photographs of Brown & Schaffer.