Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis > Saqqara Mastaba & Step Pyramid EG051148jhp
This gallery contains pictures of the two main sites usually visited together on a day trip south of Cairo - Saqqara with the famous Step Pyramid, a huge necropolis with many tombs and other pyramids and Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt now will an open air museum with the alabaster sphinx and the huge partial statue of Ramasses 11.
© Jim Henderson
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| Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
| Collection: | Saqqara & Memphis | |||
| Filename: | Saqqara Mastaba & Step Pyramid EG051148jhp |
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| Upload Date: | 2005-04-20 10:42:57 | |||
| Photo Size: | 9.3mb 5313x3555 pixels | |||
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| Caption: | Saqqara Mastaba Step Pyramid ancient Egypt limestone south blocks erosionalongside the restored causeway from the Pyramid of Unas near the Step Pyramid and which slopes down to the Valley Temple first seen as visitors arrive at this major complex near Memphis. Recent archaeological work has discovered tombs underneath the causeway such as that of the Two Brothers while many other undiscovered or partially excavated ones lie alongside the causeway as do boat pits. |
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