Egypt > Giza Pyramids & Sphinx > Giza Western Cemetery EG050925jhp
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.
© Jim Henderson
Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
Collection: | Giza Pyramids & Sphinx | |||
Filename: | Giza Western Cemetery EG050925jhp |
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Upload Date: | 2005-04-20 06:01:11 | |||
Photo Size: | 9.4mb 5313x3555 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Khafre Pyramid Giza Gizah limestone Western Cemetery stones mastaba erosionwith the only remaining evidence at Giza of outer casing topping of Tura Limestone on the second largest structure on the Gizah plateau built by Pharaoh Chephren around 2500BC seen from a discarded building block amongst mastaba tombs of lower royalty and government officials in the Western cemetery. |
Keywords: | Egypt, Cairo, ancient, Egyptian, Giza, landscape, pyramid, mastabas, Western, cemetery, royalty, nobles, burial, tombs, Khafre, pyramid, Tura, limestone, cap, Egyptology, archaeology, history, warren, ruin, erosion, desolate, Chephren, foundation, platform, blocks, erosion, soft, limestone |