Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis > Egyptian Date Palms EG02AA45jhp
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: | Egyptian Date Palms EG02AA45jhp |
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Upload Date: | 2002-10-20 08:29:43 | |||
Photo Size: | 8.5mb 3555x5333 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Egypt Abu Ghurab mature palm trees fronds dates plantation grovealong the edge of the desert and the fertile farmland and a way to see modern day Egyptian life that occurs with the irrigation of fertile farmland along a strip of land especially on the west bank of the River Nile next to the desert and main pyramid dveloped areas and which still plays an important part in the wealth of Egypt and in the lives of ordinary Egyptians today just as it has over the past 5000 years or so. |
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