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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.
Valley Temple Giza EG02005jhp Valley Temple Interior Giza Cairo Khafre Chephren Limestone Granite Blocks looking at the interior through this structure of huge limestone and granite blocks and roof supports. Once there would have been 23 diorite statues of the king standing by each column in the holed areas but only one survives in the Cairo Museum. Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Giza, Gizah, upright, Khafre, Chephren, mortuary, landscape, Valley, Temple, entrance, granite, red, lined, blocks, limestone, alabaster, floor, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, archaeology, history, statue, bases
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Collection: Giza Pyramids & Sphinx
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Valley Temple Giza EG02005jhp
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Valley Temple Interior Giza Cairo Khafre Chephren Limestone Granite Blocks

looking at the interior through this structure of huge limestone and granite blocks and roof supports. Once there would have been 23 diorite statues of the king standing by each column in the holed areas but only one survives in the Cairo Museum.
Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Giza, Gizah, upright, Khafre, Chephren, mortuary, landscape, Valley, Temple, entrance, granite, red, lined, blocks, limestone, alabaster, floor, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, archaeology, history, statue, bases