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Egypt > Abu Simbel (6 files)

Photographs of the Great Temple of Ramses 11 at Abu Simbel and those of his wife's temple of Nefertari with some interior images as well.
Abu Simbel Nefertari EG051406JHP 
 Abu Simbel Great Temple Ramses Queen Nefertari Statue Crown standing side King at what was once a River Nile site but now reconstructed in a mammoth UNESCO rescue project in the 1960’s and housed in an artificial hill high enough to save it from the total flooding with the creation of Lake Nasser. 
 Keywords: Egypt, ancient, Egyptian, Lake Nasser, River Nile, Nubia, Abu Simbel, rock, carved, huge, Great Temple, upright, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, Queen, Nefertari, figure, pharaoh, seated, history, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, UNESCO, cliff
Queen Nefertari Temple EG02039JHP 
 Small Temple Abu Simbel built Pharaoh Ramesses Queen Nefertari exterior slightly away from his own Great Temple is a small but equally beautiful treat with some colourful and well preserved wall reliefs and Hathor faced columns. Photography is no longer allowed although where taken when it was permitted but tripods were not allowed and in the very poor light the best quality is not always achievable. 
 Keywords: Egypt, ancient, Egyptian, Lake Nasser, River Nile, Nubia, Abu Simbel, temples, Queen Nefertari, small, temple, rock, carved, exterior, reliefs, landscape, digital, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, statue, eroded, history, Egyptology, hieroglyphs
Nefertari Temple Statue EG02042JHP 
 Small Temple Abu Simbel Nefertari Egyptian Queen interior carvings Ramses 11 for his wife slightly away from his own Great Temple is a small but equally beautiful treat with some colourful and well preserved wall reliefs and Hathor faced columns. Photography is no longer allowed although where taken when it was permitted but tripods were not allowed and in the very poor light the best quality is not always achievable. 
 Keywords: Egypt, ancient, Egyptian, Lake Nasser, River Nile, Nubia, Abu Simbel, temples, Queen Nefertari, small, temple, rock, carved, interior, wall, painting, reliefs, Hathor, columns, face, sanctuary, upright, digital, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, statue, Amun-Re, eroded, history, Egyptology, colourful, colorful, colours, colors
Nefertari Temple Painting EG02041JHP 
 Small Temple Abu Simbel Interiors Hathor Ramses wife Queen Nefertari slightly away from his own Great Temple is a small but equally beautiful treat with some colourful and well preserved wall reliefs and Hathor faced columns. Photography is no longer allowed although where taken when it was permitted but tripods were not allowed and in the very poor light the best quality is not always achievable. 
 Keywords: Egypt, ancient, Egyptian, Lake Nasser, River Nile, Nubia, Abu Simbel, temples, Queen Nefertari, small, temple, rock, carved, interior, wall, painting, reliefs, Hathor, columns, face, sanctuary, upright, digital, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, statue, Amun-Re, eroded, history, Egyptology, colourful, colorful, colours, colors
Nefertari Temple Hathor Column EG02045JHP 
 Small Temple Abu Simbel wife Queen Nefertari Hathor pillars inside built by Ramses 11 slightly away from his own Great Temple is a small but equally beautiful treat with some colourful and well preserved wall reliefs and Hathor faced columns. Photography is no longer allowed although where taken when it was permitted but tripods were not allowed and in the very poor light the best quality is not always achievable. 
 Keywords: Egypt, ancient, Egyptian, Lake Nasser, River Nile, Nubia, Abu Simbel, temples, Queen Nefertari, small, temple, rock, carved, interior, wall, painting, reliefs, Hathor, columns, face, sanctuary, landscape, digital, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, statue, Amun-Re, eroded, history, Egyptology, colourful, colorful, colours, colors
Nefertari Temple Hathor Column EG02043JHP 
 Small Temple Abu Simbel Interior colours wife Queen Nefertari Ramasses slightly away from his own Great Temple is a small but equally beautiful treat with some colourful and well preserved wall reliefs and Hathor faced columns. Photography is no longer allowed although where taken when it was permitted but tripods were not allowed and in the very poor light the best quality is not always achievable. 
 Keywords: Egypt, ancient, Egyptian, Lake Nasser, River Nile, Nubia, Abu Simbel, temples, Queen Nefertari, small, temple, rock, carved, interior, wall, painting, reliefs, Hathor, columns, face, sanctuary, landscape, digital, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, statue, Amun-Re, eroded, history, Egyptology, colourful, colorful, colours, colors

Egypt > Aswan Nubian Museum (1 file)

Aswan Nubian Museum Cartouche EG053031JHP 
 Aswan Egyptian Nubian Museum cartouche hieroglyphs on sandstone carved block from Aswan to Ankh-S-Nefer-ib-Re plus exhibiting a Nubian House, Islamic tombs and mosques in gardens with prehistoric stone carvings, Egyptian and Roman artefacts set amongst attractive walks past flowering shrubs, water channels, palm trees and waterfalls. Foundations were laid in 1986 and opened in 1997 and organised through UNESCO. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Aswan, Nubian, Museum, Nubia, ancient, prehistoric, modern, gardens, exhibits, outside, walk, cartouche, carved, hieroglyphs, stone, block, sandstone, ankh, star, landscape

Egypt > Egyptian Museum Cairo (2 files)

Royalty Free photos of exhibits from the Cairo Egyptian Museum taken before current bans with slide film in available light not to studio quality
Amarna Nefertiti Head EG11818JHP 
 Egyptian Museum Exhibit unfinished sculpture Queen Nefertiti bust sculpture granite in the prime antiquities collection in Cairo taken during visits between 1994 and 1996 when photography was allowed albeit without flash and tripod. None is of studio quality, being handheld with existing, usually extremely poor light and using slide film, pushed Fuji 400asa to get a suitable aperture and shutter speed. Most of the photos are from the Tutankahum exhibits while the rest are items that interested me as I explored this wonderful and extensive collection, requiring many more hours if not days and is only hinted at during the usual one or two hour visit made on a package tour. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Egyptian, Museum, Amarna, Nefertiti, Queen, granite, head, sculpture, unfinished, collection, upright, ancient, antiquity, antiquities, exhibit
Amarna Nefertiti Head EG11817JHP 
 Egyptian Cairo Museum unfinished sculptured head Queen Nerfertiti Amarna photo in the prime antiquities collection in Cairo taken during visits between 1994 and 1996 when photography was allowed albeit without flash and tripod. None is of studio quality, being handheld with existing, usually extremely poor light and using slide film, pushed Fuji 400asa to get a suitable aperture and shutter speed. Most of the photos are from the Tutankahum exhibits while the rest are items that interested me as I explored this wonderful and extensive collection, requiring many more hours if not days and is only hinted at during the usual one or two hour visit made on a package tour. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Egyptian, Museum, Amarna, Nefertiti, Queen, granite, head, sculpture, unfinished, collection, upright, ancient, antiquity, antiquities, exhibit

Egypt > Giza Pyramids & Sphinx (7 files)

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.
Tomb Carving Neferbauptah EG050964jhp 
 Neferbauptah Tomb Giza painted colours freize hieroglyphs carving ceiling Egypt, who was Iymery’s son and a government official who held the title Steward of the Great estate like his father, and one of many private mastabas from the middle to late Dynasty V that make up the Western Cemetery near the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza with an interior painted wall relief in the tomb. Interior photography is difficult as flash and tripods are not usually allowed and interior lighting can be poor and gives inaccurate colour balances. This photo was taken in JPEG’s whereas today I would always use RAW files and having the advantage of a tripod I would always use natural or even mixed light where possible thus avoiding flash hot spots; flash incidentally does not cause damage to the paintings despite many such claims and restrictions 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, West, Western, Cemetery, digital, interior, landscape, noble, official, tomb, mastaba, mortuary, chapel, Great, Steward, Estate, Neferbauptah, son, Iymery, interior, painted, reliefs, agricultural, scene, cattle, bovine, fish, boats, sailing, rowing, burial, chamber, funeral, ceremonial, afterlife, religion, beliefs, death, burial
Tomb Carving Neferbauptah EG050961jhp 
 Neferbauptah Tomb Giza painted seated offering food colours ancient Egypt, who was Iymery’s son and a government official who held the title Steward of the Great estate like his father, and one of many private mastabas from the middle to late Dynasty V that make up the Western Cemetery near the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza with an interior painted wall relief in the tomb. Interior photography is difficult as flash and tripods are not usually allowed and interior lighting can be poor and gives inaccurate colour balances. This photo was taken in JPEG’s whereas today I would always use RAW files and having the advantage of a tripod I would always use natural or even mixed light where possible thus avoiding flash hot spots; flash incidentally does not cause damage to the paintings despite many such claims and restrictions 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, West, Western, Cemetery, digital, interior, landscape, noble, official, tomb, mastaba, mortuary, chapel, Great, Steward, Estate, Neferbauptah, son, Iymery, interior, painted, reliefs, offering, food, fruit, scene, burial, chamber, funeral, ceremonial, afterlife, religion, beliefs, death, burial
Tomb Carving Neferbauptah EG050960jhp 
 Neferbauptah Tomb Giza Wall agricultural cattle Scene Interior carving Egypt, who was Iymery’s son and a government official who held the title Steward of the Great estate like his father, and one of many private mastabas from the middle to late Dynasty V that make up the Western Cemetery near the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza with an interior painted wall relief in the tomb. Interior photography is difficult as flash and tripods are not usually allowed and interior lighting can be poor and gives inaccurate colour balances. This photo was taken in JPEG’s whereas today I would always use RAW files and having the advantage of a tripod I would always use natural or even mixed light where possible thus avoiding flash hot spots; flash incidentally does not cause damage to the paintings despite many such claims and restrictions 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, West, Western, Cemetery, digital, interior, landscape, noble, official, tomb, mastaba, mortuary, chapel, Great, Steward, Estate, Neferbauptah, son, Iymery, interior, painted, reliefs, agricultural, scene, cattle, bovine, fish, boats, sailing, rowing, burial, chamber, funeral, ceremonial, afterlife, religion, beliefs, death, burial
Tomb Carving Neferbauptah EG050959jhp 
 Neferbauptah Tomb Giza carving donkey loads carrying ancient Egyptian interior, who was Iymery’s son and a government official who held the title Steward of the Great estate like his father, and one of many private mastabas from the middle to late Dynasty V that make up the Western Cemetery near the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza with an interior painted wall relief in the tomb. Interior photography is difficult as flash and tripods are not usually allowed and interior lighting can be poor and gives inaccurate colour balances. This photo was taken in JPEG’s whereas today I would always use RAW files and having the advantage of a tripod I would always use natural or even mixed light where possible thus avoiding flash hot spots; flash incidentally does not cause damage to the paintings despite many such claims and restrictions 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, West, Western, Cemetery, digital, interior, landscape, noble, official, tomb, mastaba, mortuary, chapel, Great, Steward, Estate, Neferbauptah, son, Iymery, interior, carved: relief, agricultural, scene, donkey, carrying, loads, back, sailing, rowing, burial, chamber, funeral, ceremonial, afterlife, religion, beliefs, death, burial
Tomb Carving Neferbauptah EG050957jhp 
 Neferbauptah Tomb Giza Wall offering gifts list carved stone Scene carving Egypt, who was Iymery’s son and a government official who held the title Steward of the Great estate like his father, and one of many private mastabas from the middle to late Dynasty V that make up the Western Cemetery near the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza with an interior painted wall relief in the tomb. Interior photography is difficult as flash and tripods are not usually allowed and interior lighting can be poor and gives inaccurate colour balances. This photo was taken in JPEG’s whereas today I would always use RAW files and having the advantage of a tripod I would always use natural or even mixed light where possible thus avoiding flash hot spots; flash incidentally does not cause damage to the paintings despite many such claims and restrictions 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, West, Western, Cemetery, digital, interior, landscape, noble, official, tomb, mastaba, mortuary, chapel, Great, Steward, Estate, Neferbauptah, son, Iymery, interior, painted, reliefs, agricultural, scene, cattle, bovine, fish, boats, sailing, rowing, burial, chamber, funeral, ceremonial, afterlife, religion, beliefs, death, burial
Neferbauptah Giza Tomb Painting EG050963JHP 
 Neferbauptah Tomb Giza Wall Painting Hieroglyphs Offering Scene Interior Photo, probably a government official, in the many mastabas that make up the Western Cemetery near the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza with an interior painted wall relief in the tomb. Interior photography is diificult as flash and tripods are not allowed and interior lighting can be poor and gives inaccurate colour balances 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, West, Western, Cemetery, digital, interior, landscape, nobles, officials, tombs, mastabas, Neferbauptah, interiors, painted, reliefs, fish, boats, sailing, rowing, burial, chamber, funeral, ceremonial, afterlife, religion, beliefs, death, burial
Neferbauptah Giza Tomb Carving EG050958JHP 
 Neferbauptah Giza Egyptian Tomb Inside Wall Stone Carving Mastaba Seated Staff in the Western Cemetery adjacent to the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza near Cairo. Difficult to photograph as flash and tripods not alloed and interior lighting very poor. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, West, Western, Cemetery, digital, interior, upright, nobles, officials, tombs, mastabas, Neferbauptah, interiors, offering, seated, figure, carved, wall, relief, burial, chamber, funeral, ceremonial, afterlife, religion, beliefs, death, burial

Egypt > Infra Red Photographs (3 files)

This is a collection of Infra Red Black & White film photographs taken of the main sites of mainly Ancient Egypt in the late 1990's and they give a very different feel to the sites with the particular ghostly effect of this specialised Kodak film. Sites covered include Abydos, Colossi of Memnon, Abydos temple, Osireion, Dendera Temple, Edfu Temple, Esna Temple, Esna Lock, Karnak Temple, Kom Ombo Temple, Luxor Temple, Philae Temple, Aswan Felucca; River Nile cruise, Pyramids of Giza and The Sphinx
Egyptian Giza InfR EG020436jhp 
 Khafre Pyramid Egypt Seshemnefer tomb statue infra red sunburst film B&W photo just off the main road climbing up between the Sphinx to the Great Pyramid of Khufu or Cheops which is the largest of the Gizah site monuments and the first of the really truly huge constructions dating around 2500BC and still now one of the Wonders of the World. Standing 137m high, was 140m originally, was 230m on each size and probably was built using over 2 million blocks of stone averaging 2.5 tons although today it looks smaller than nearby Khafre Pyramid which higher on the Giza plateau. This porticoed tomb of Seshem-Nefer, Overseer of the House of Life and Keep of the King’s Secrets, one of the largest of the private tombs at Giza, has been restored in recent years and is now open to the public although when this photo was taken in 2002 it was closed. It was taken using a Nikon FM manual camera, 28mm f2.8 Nikkor or Tokina SD 28-70mm f3.5lens with a Red filter, rated at 200ASA and processed in Aculux for 14 mins. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Giza, Gizah, landscape, upright, Great, pyramid, royalty, burial, tomb, Khafre, Chephren, Khufu, Cheops, blocks, erosion, limestone, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, archaeology, gigantic, history, scale, huge, sky, blue, south, east, corner, Seshemnefer, Seshemnufer, overseer, house, life, keeper, king’s, secrets, 5th Dynasty, portico, seated, statues, public, open, B&W, Infra, red, film, negative, Kodak, Nikon, FM, manual, Red, filter, ghostly, ghostlike, black, white, 2002, October
Egyptian Giza InfR EG020435jhp 
 Khufu Great Pyramid Egyptian Seshem-Nefer statue seated infra red film B&W photo just off the main road climbing up between the Sphinx to the Great Pyramid of Khufu or Cheops which is the largest of the Gizah site monuments and the first of the really truly huge constructions dating around 2500BC and still now one of the Wonders of the World. Standing 137m high, was 140m originally, was 230m on each size and probably was built using over 2 million blocks of stone averaging 2.5 tons although today it looks smaller than nearby Khafre Pyramid which higher on the Giza plateau. This porticoed tomb of Seshem-Nefer, Overseer of the House of Life and Keep of the King’s Secrets, one of the largest of the private tombs at Giza, has been restored in recent years and is now open to the public although when this photo was taken in 2002 it was closed. It was taken using a Nikon FM manual camera, 28mm f2.8 Nikkor or Tokina SD 28-70mm f3.5lens with a Red filter, rated at 200ASA and processed in Aculux for 14 mins. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Giza, Gizah, landscape, Great, pyramid, royalty, burial, tomb, Khafre, Chephren, Khufu, Cheops, blocks, erosion, limestone, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, archaeology, gigantic, history, scale, huge, sky, blue, south, east, corner, Seshemnefer, Seshemnufer, overseer, house, life, keeper, king’s, secrets, 5th Dynasty, portico, seated, statues, public, open, B&W, Infra, red, film, negative, Kodak, Nikon, FM, manual, Red, filter, ghostly, ghostlike, black, white, 2002, October
Egyptian Giza InfR EG020434jhp 
 Cheops Great Pyramid Egypt Seshemnufer portico seated infra red film B&W photo just off the main road climbing up between the Sphinx to the Great Pyramid of Khufu or Cheops which is the largest of the Gizah site monuments and the first of the really truly huge constructions dating around 2500BC and still now one of the Wonders of the World. Standing 137m high, was 140m originally, was 230m on each size and probably was built using over 2 million blocks of stone averaging 2.5 tons although today it looks smaller than nearby Khafre Pyramid which higher on the Giza plateau. This porticoed tomb of Seshem-Nefer, Overseer of the House of Life and Keep of the King’s Secrets, one of the largest of the private tombs at Giza, has been restored in recent years and is now open to the public although when this photo was taken in 2002 it was closed. It was taken using a Nikon FM manual camera, 28mm f2.8 Nikkor or Tokina SD 28-70mm f3.5lens with a Red filter, rated at 200ASA and processed in Aculux for 14 mins. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Giza, Gizah, landscape, upright, Great, pyramid, royalty, burial, tomb, Khafre, Chephren, Khufu, Cheops, blocks, erosion, limestone, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, archaeology, gigantic, history, scale, huge, sky, blue, south, east, corner, Seshemnefer, Seshemnufer, overseer, house, life, keeper, king’s, secrets, 5th Dynasty, portico, seated, statues, public, open, B&W, Infra, red, film, negative, Kodak, Nikon, FM, manual, Red, filter, ghostly, ghostlike, black, white, 2002, October

Egypt > Karnak Temple (2 files)

Photos in this gallery include the whole of Karnak itself, the open air museum, temples of Khonsu and Ptah and the Sound and Light Show night images.
Karnak Museum Exhibit EG074922jhp 
 Museum Karnak Temple Egyptian hieroglyhs offering wine nefer ieb heart located on the East Bank of the River Nile and Karnak is the largest religious complex on the Nile. It is not usually part of the standard tour package so has to be entered ‘privately’ and an additional ticket purchased on entry, accessed from the First Forecourt through the eastern gate past the famous standing statue of Ramses 11. Passing through an area full of stored blocks rescued from other parts of the Karnak site, you can view restored chapels including such as an Amenhotep 1 alabaster barque chapel, the exquisite White Chapel of Senwosret 1, the Chapelle Rouge of Hatshepsut and a recent large addition is the reconstruction of Thutmosis IV [Thutmose] temple for a quiet, contemplative and beautiful experience to the busy main Karnak tour. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, Open, Air, Museum, fallen, broken, blocks, stored, Horus, carvings, limestone, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, heart, ieb, au-ieb, amulet, nefer, sun, ra, djed, face, wine, vases, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology
Karnak Chapel Thutmosis 1V EG074908jhp 
 Egyptian Karnak Thutmose alabaster Chapel Open Air Museum detail hieroglyphs was one of the original exhibits in the Museum in the Karnak complex on the East Bank of the Nile at Luxor. Ruling around 1400BC he is particularly known for the famous Dream Stele between the paws of the Sphinx. It is not usually part of the standard tour package so has to be entered ‘privately’ and an additional ticket purchased on entry, accessed from the First Forecourt through the eastern gate past the famous standing statue of Ramses 11. Passing through an area full of stored blocks rescued from other parts of the Karnak site, you can view restored chapels including another of Amenhotep 1 alabaster barque chapel of whom little is recorded, who ruled around 1550-24BC and although his mummy was found in the 1881 royal mummy cache but this beautiful small chapel is one delightful reminder of his 25 year reign. There is the exquisite White Chapel of Senwosret 1, the Chapelle Rouge of Hatshepsut and a recent larger addition is the reconstruction of Thutmosis IV [Thutmose] Festival Court for a quiet, contemplative and beautiful experience to the busy main Karnak tour. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, upright, open-air, museum, Thutmosis, Thutmose, pharaoh, kilt, was, scepter, hedjet, crown, fourth, IV, temple, chapel, alabaster, detail, closeup, cartouche, reconstruction, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, basket, nebet, sun, ra, face, duck, nefer, Horus, loaf, te, white, bread, sedge, carvings

Egypt > Luxor Nobles Tombs (3 files)

Photographs in this gallery are of the various Tombs of the Nobles on the West Bank if the Nile at Luxor in the area called Qurnet Murai
Sennefer Guest House EG075712JHP 
 Luxor West Bank Modern Qurna Sennefer Guesthouse Hotel Egyptian Vista along with Old Qurna houses is interspersed with the Tombs of the Nobles is undergoing a major modernisation programme with the houses being removed, occupants relocated and the entrances to the various tombs made more accessible. Obviously a programme without some pain and opposition especially from locals who have lived in the area and over the tombs for generations but part of the necessary management and control of these irreplaceable ancient sites and the artefacts contained therein. The Hotel I understand from the owner is destined to stay - a pleasant stop for refreshment after the heat of walking to several tombs. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, ancient, Luxor, Tombs, Nobles, Thebes, River Nile, West Bank, Old Qurna, Sheikh Abd’el-Qurna, landscape, hotel, resthouse, restaurant, guesthouse, cafe, drinks, modern art, murals, village, modernisation, removal, houses, clearances, relocation, preservation
Sennefer Guest House EG075709JHP 
 Colourful Wall Murals Egypt Luxor Nile West Bank Sennefer Guesthouse along with Old Qurna houses is interspersed with the Tombs of the Nobles is undergoing a major modernisation programme with the houses being removed, occupants relocated and the entrances to the various tombs made more accessible. Obviously a programme without some pain and opposition especially from locals who have lived in the area and over the tombs for generations but part of the necessary management and control of these irreplaceable ancient sites and the artefacts contained therein. The Hotel I understand from the owner is destined to stay - a pleasant stop for refreshment after the heat of walking to several tombs. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, ancient, Luxor, Tombs, Nobles, Thebes, River Nile, West Bank, Old Qurna, Sheikh Abd’el-Qurna, landscape, hotel, resthouse, restaurant, guesthouse, cafe, drinks, modern art, murals, village, modernisation, removal, houses, clearances, relocation, preservation
Sennefer Tomb Painting EG075667JHP 
 Sennefer Tomb Painting Wall Boats Sailing Oarsmen Colours Luxor Egypt, one of many beautiful tomb decorations amongst the Tombs of the Nobles on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor. Sennefer [Tomb 96] was Major of the Southern City in Dynasty XV111 during the reign of Amenhotep 11. The area has been greatly improved with removal of many of the old modern houses and entry to these fascinating burial sites made more accessible. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Tombs, Nobles, Thebes, River Nile, West Bank, Old Qurna, Sheikh Abd’el-Qurna, upright, Mayor, Sennefer, tomb, painting, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, painted, boats, sailing, oarsmen, water, frieze, vines, grapes, artificial, light, digital

Egypt > Minya, Amarna & Ashmunayn (2 files)

Photographs in this gallery cover the main sites of Amarna, its North Palace, Aten and Small Temple, Bani Hasan Rock cut chapels, Tuna el-Gebel with the Catacombs with baboon and ibis mummies, Stela of Akhenaten on the north boundary, Petosiris Tomb-Chapel, Chapels of Ptoemais and Isadora, Roman Water Wheel Well and Temple of Thoth and el Ashmunein with an Open Air Museum with huge granite statues of Baboons and nearby a Temple to Thoth with a later Christian Basilica all located along the River Nile between Cairo and Luxor accessed from the nearby university city of Minya
Zawiyet al-Amwat Pyramid 6148EG07JHP 
 Zawiyet al-amwat Necropolis Pyramid Desert Sand Roadside View Minya Egypt and it appears to be centred round the remains of an unfinished 3rd Dynasty Step Pyramid to the right of this photo with distinct brickwork foundations. In the cemetery are the tombs of 19 Nobles from the Oryx Nome capital called Hebenu but after quarrying little is left worth seeing. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptology, history, archaeology, ancient, Tuna el-Gebel, Gabal, Necropolis, Zawiyet al-amwat, Place of the Dead, cemetery, Step Pyramid, unfinished, 3 Dynasty, tombs, nobles, Hebenu, capital, Oryx Nome, Old Kingdom, tomb, Nefer Sekeru, Tihna al-Gabal, Akoris, mudbrick, enclosure, landscape
Zawiyet al-Amwat Necropolis 6153EG07JHP 
 Zawiyet al-amwat Necropolis Mudbrick Walls Ruins Desert Roadside Visit not far from Minya and it appears to be centred round the remains of an unfinished 3rd Dynasty Step Pyramid. In the cemetery are the tombs of 19 Nobles from the Oryx Nome capital called Hebenu but after quarrying little is left worth seeing. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptology, history, archaeology, ancient, Tuna el-Gebel, Gabal, Necropolis, Zawiyet al-amwat, Place of the Dead, cemetery, Step Pyramid, unfinished, 3 Dynasty, tombs, nobles, Hebenu, capital, Oryx Nome, Old Kingdom, tomb, Nefer Sekeru, Tihna al-Gabal, Akoris, mudbrick, enclosure, landscape

Egypt > North of Cairo (2 files)

This gallery has photographs of the main sites North of Cairo, usually visited privately as not part of most Egyptian tours, and includes Heliopolis, Tell Basta near Zagazig and Tanis near the north coast of Egypt
Tanis Ramses Queen Nefertari EG077206JHP 
 Tanis Amun Temple Ramses Statue legs Queen Nefertari classic scale Egypt Capital Delta Northern Egypt once thought to be the capital created by Ramses but was the capital of the 24th Nome of Lower Egypt and important in the late Egyptian period. Has Ramesside Temple of Amun with other temples from reigns of Osorkon, Sheshonq and Ptolemy but of special interest are the Royal Tombs where that of Psusennes in particular was intact and gave up one of the richest burial good collections, apart from Tutankhamun, with its famous silver coffin, now in the Cairo Museum. A visit to Tanis is usually by private means but can be incorporated with a day trip through the Delta visiting Heliopolis and Tell Basta but does involve considerable motoring. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Tanis, San al-Hagar, Djane, Delta, ancient, antiquity, archaeology, upright, Egyptology, Ramasses, Ramses, Ramesses, Queen, Nefertari, standing, legs, granite, carved
Tanis Queen Nefertari EG077165JHP 
 Tanis Queen Nefertari Entrance exhibit carving Ancient Egyptian photograph taken in Delta Northern Egypt once thought to be the capital created by Ramses but was the capital of the 24th Nome of Lower Egypt and important in the late Egyptian period. Note this image is slightly soft so may need extra sharpening. Tanis has a Ramesside Temple of Amun with other temples from reigns of Osorkon, Sheshonq and Ptolemy but of special interest are the Royal Tombs where that of Psusennes in particular was intact and gave up one of the richest burial good collections, apart from Tutankhamun, with its famous silver coffin, now in the Cairo Museum. A visit to Tanis is usually by private means but can be incorporated with a day trip through the Delta visiting Heliopolis and Tell Basta but does involve considerable motoring. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Tanis, San al-Hagar, Djane, Delta, Avaris, history, ancient, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, Ramasses, Ramses, Queen, Nefertari, granite, carving, painted, soft, Shoshenq, Sheshonq, gate, entrance, exhibit

Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis (12 files)

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.
Khenu Mastaba Lintel EG02AA88jhp 
 Saqqara Ancient Egyptian mastaba Khenu lintel Unas cartouche hieroglyphs is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. 
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Khenu Mastaba False Door EG02AA87jhp 
 Saqqarah Ancient Egyptian mastaba Khenu tomb son Nefer false door is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door which is behind this more inferior one. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. 
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Khenu Mastaba False Door EG02AA86jhp 
 Saqqara Ancient Egypt mastaba Khenu false door plaque offering hieroglyphs is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. 
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Khenu Mastaba False Door EG02AA85jhp 
 Sakkara Ancient Egyptian mastaba Khenu false door hieroglyphs Unas reign is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. 
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Khenu Mastaba Carvings EG02AA89jhp 
 Saqqarah Ancient Egypt mastaba Khenu son offering table scene hieroglyphics is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. 
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Khenu Mastaba Carvings EG02AA84jhp 
 Saqqara Egypt mastaba Khenu son Nefer Unas cartouche hieroglyphs carvings is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. 
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Khenu Mastaba Carvings EG02AA83jhp 
 Saqqarah Egypt mastaba Khenu son wall reliefs Unas cartouche hieroglyphs is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. 
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Khenu Mastaba Carvings EG02AA81jhp 
 Saqqara Ancient Egyptian mastaba Khenu Unas cartouche hieroglyphics carvings clear is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. 
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Khenu Mastaba Carvings EG02AA80jhp 
 Saqqara Egyptian mastaba Khenu Exterior column hieroglyphics carvings reliefs sunny is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Sakkara, Memphis, Bedrashein, necropolis, upright, Unas, Unis, Wenis, texts, pyramid, causeway, mastaba, tomb, Khenu, exterior, columns, carvings, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, cartouche, false, door, offering, scenes, Nefer, son, Ihy, Simoenas, Queens, Khenut, Nebet, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, carved, columns, open, sunny
Khenu Mastaba Carving EG02AA82jhp 
 Saqqara Egyptian mastaba Khenu deceased son offering kilt dress hieroglyphs is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. 
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Saqqara Tomb Entrance EG051147jhp 
 Saqqara buried tomb door lintel carved entrance hieroglyphs ancient Egyptian is alongside the restored walkway 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. Advised by my custodian guide this was the Tomb of Nefer-mery but I can find no reference to it in any books or the Internet but I have had it confirmed that this is probably correct based on the hieroglyphics on the tomb entrance. 
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Saqqara Tomb of Nefermerry 6885EG07JHP 
 Tomb Nefermerry Rock Cut Bedrock Near Causeway Unas Saqqara Egypt and the mastaba tomb at the gate. The Step Pyramid of King Djoser is visible from here and this is just another example of many such artefacts to see on this huge sprawling necropolis to the south of Cairo. The causeway has been substantially restored and has several fascinating carved reliefs of ancient Egyptian fish from the Nile and other animals that existed at the time. Advised by my custodian guide this was the Tomb of Nefermerry but I have been unable to find any support for this in guide or reference books and the only Google result is my own site - scary. 
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