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Qasr al-Saghah Temple 6600EG07JHP Qasr al-Saghah Ancient Egypt Desert Unfinished Temple Workers small late 12th century Egyptian worker's temple, uninscribed near the Gebel el-Qatrani worker's town servicing the basalt mines to the west of Lake Qarun and accessible only by 4x4 on specialist tours of Egypt. It is constructed of dark brown calciferous sandstone with seven cult shrines facing a common offering table room with the probable front of the temple never finished. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptology, al-Siba, Qasr el-Sagha, al-Saghah, Es-Saghah, Temple, door, entrance, seven, cult, shrines, crypt, offering, table, room, Sobek, archaeology, ancient, history, landscape, desert, safari, calciferous, sandstone, blocks, huge, sand, blistering, heat, sun, blue, sky, eroded, stones, foreground, hills, stratified, erosion
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Fayoum & Desert
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Qasr al-Saghah Temple 6600EG07JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-25 09:42:20
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Qasr al-Saghah Ancient Egypt Desert Unfinished Temple Workers small late

12th century Egyptian worker's temple, uninscribed near the Gebel el-Qatrani worker's town servicing the basalt mines to the west of Lake Qarun and accessible only by 4x4 on specialist tours of Egypt. It is constructed of dark brown calciferous sandstone with seven cult shrines facing a common offering table room with the probable front of the temple never finished.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptology, al-Siba, Qasr el-Sagha, al-Saghah, Es-Saghah, Temple, door, entrance, seven, cult, shrines, crypt, offering, table, room, Sobek, archaeology, ancient, history, landscape, desert, safari, calciferous, sandstone, blocks, huge, sand, blistering, heat, sun, blue, sky, eroded, stones, foreground, hills, stratified, erosion