![This picture taken on December 29, 2018 shows tourist horse-drawn carts waiting by the base of the Great Pyramid of Khufu (or Cheops) at the Giza necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo on December 29, 2018. / AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/I6B5VDCI7U2TE2DN65KQPBRZOE.jpg?smart=true&auth=08aa98dacbfbe4da1ef6f1ab3ae56e7947f2f5424233e5f1d7837c995efeee9c&width=400&height=225)
Tourist horse-drawn carts waiting by the base of the Great Pyramid at the Giza province, south of Egypt's capital Cairo. AFP
Tourist horse-drawn carts waiting by the base of the Great Pyramid at the Giza province, south of Egypt's capital Cairo. AFP
Tourist bus attack hits Egypt at a critical time
The bombing comes as the country tries to attract visitors after a chaotic few years
Youssef Hamza
31 December, 2018