Image Abu Ghurab Pyramid EG02AA6JHP by Jim Henderson

 
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Pictures of pyramids and scenery related to them outwith the main sites of Giza and Saqqara such as Abusir, Dashur, El Lisht, Meydum and Hawara
Abu Ghurab Pyramid EG02AA6JHP Abu Ghurab Pyramid Ancient Egypt Ruin Eroded Building Blocks Foreground which is the ruins of the obelisk base of the Sun Temple of Nyuserre at Abu Ghurab south of Cairo viewed from the north east slaughterhouse area and dating back to around 2300BC. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, benben, causeway, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, obelisk, base, upright, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, buried, pharaoh, royal, blocks, afterlife, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, history, desert, hazy
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Outlying Pyramids
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Abu Ghurab Pyramid EG02AA6JHP
Upload Date: 2002-10-20 07:26:32
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Abu Ghurab Pyramid Ancient Egypt Ruin Eroded Building Blocks Foreground

which is the ruins of the obelisk base of the Sun Temple of Nyuserre at Abu Ghurab south of Cairo viewed from the north east slaughterhouse area and dating back to around 2300BC.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, benben, causeway, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, obelisk, base, upright, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, buried, pharaoh, royal, blocks, afterlife, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, history, desert, hazy