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Abu Ghurab Alabaster Bowl EG02AA8JHP 
 Abu Ghurab Pyramid Egypt Alabaster Bowl Closeup Photo Carved Smooth maybe for the blood of sacrificed bulls lying near the ruins of the obelisk base of the Sun Temple of Nyuserre at this site between Cairo and Saqqara dating from around 2300BC. 
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Outlying Pyramids
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Abu Ghurab Alabaster Bowl EG02AA8JHP
Upload Date: 2002-10-20 07:30:04
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Abu Ghurab Pyramid Egypt Alabaster Bowl Closeup Photo Carved Smooth

maybe for the blood of sacrificed bulls lying near the ruins of the obelisk base of the Sun Temple of Nyuserre at this site between Cairo and Saqqara dating from around 2300BC.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, ruined, collapsed, landscape, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, alabaster, bowls, obelisk, base, deity, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, blocks, afterlife, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, history, desert, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, channels, drainage