Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis > Saqqara Carving EG051142jhp
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.
© Jim Henderson
Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
Collection: | Saqqara & Memphis | |||
Filename: | Saqqara Carving EG051142jhp |
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Upload Date: | 2005-04-20 10:39:31 | |||
Photo Size: | 12mb 5313x3555 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Sakkara Unas Cartouche Kehnu Mastaba carved reliefs ancient Egypt feathershut found in chapel next to 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. |
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