Thousands of Egyptians pay a holiday visit to the Pyramids and Sphinx just outside Cairo. I made this image in the late afternoon, yet throngs of still-arriving visitors still jam them narrow road that runs between the Pyramids and the Sphinx. These iconic landmarks, which were already 2,000 years old when Cleopatra toured them with Julius Caesar in 47 BC, are still relevant to Egyptians. They confer identity, pride, and heritage on an impoverished nation. In this image, I take advantage of the late light to abstract much of the scene through the interplay of light and shadow. Diagonal bands of overhead clouds bond the two pyramids in this image. This wideangle view is expansive, making the masses of visitors appear incongruously small in comparison. The golden light, the scale of the vista, and the antiquity of the scene combine to create an image that is rich in grandeur.