A short drive from Cairo gets you to the stepped pyramid of Saqqara. As this was only an option for the tour I was attending, I encouraged my private guide to take me there after the visit to the Great Pyramids.
He highlighted the earliest graffiti known to man, and we made out way over the back to excavations still in progress. Some accessible after a word with the Guards.
This was my first encounter with Colour. Reliefs that showed blues, reds, blacks and all untouched and original (as i was told). I did not know how more vivid the colours could be until visiting the Valley of the Kings, so glad I saw this one first.
Worlds oldest graffiti