Image Khafre Pyramid EG050924JHP by Jim Henderson

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Photographs of the three Giza pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Sphinx, temples, Solar Barque museum and western cemetery mastabas, including the Light and Sound Show night views.
Khafre Pyramid EG050924JHP 
 Chephren Giza Egyptian Pyramid Western Cemetery Mastaba Sand Foreground Ruins with its remains of the Tura limestone outer casing topping the second largest structure on the Gizah plateau built by Pharaoh Chephren around 2500BC seen from a discarded building block amongst tombs of lower royalty and government officials in the Western Cemetery. 
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Giza Pyramids & Sphinx
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Khafre Pyramid EG050924JHP
Upload Date: 2005-04-20 07:01:06
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Chephren Giza Egyptian Pyramid Western Cemetery Mastaba Sand Foreground Ruins

with its remains of the Tura limestone outer casing topping the second largest structure on the Gizah plateau built by Pharaoh Chephren around 2500BC seen from a discarded building block amongst tombs of lower royalty and government officials in the Western Cemetery.
Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Giza, Gizah, landscape, pyramid, mastabas, Western, cemetery, royalty, nobles, officials, burial, tombs, Khafre, Chephren, blocks, erosion, soft, limestone, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, archaeology, gigantic, history, casing, Tura, Turah, white, shining, maze, warren, ruin, desolate