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Abu Ghurab Pyramid Construction EG02AA28JHP Abu Ghurab Pyramid Construction Detail Limestone Building Blocks Stones Photo of this base dating from around 2300BC of a now non-existent obelisk at the Sun Temple of Nyuserre at Abu Ghurab lying between Cairo and Saqqara. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, ruined, collapsed, upright, construction, stones, building, obelisk, base, exterior, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, buried, pharaoh, royal, blocks, afterlife, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, history, desert, hazy, light
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Collection: Outlying Pyramids
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Abu Ghurab Pyramid Construction EG02AA28JHP
Upload Date: 2002-10-20 08:04:45
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Abu Ghurab Pyramid Construction Detail Limestone Building Blocks Stones Photo

of this base dating from around 2300BC of a now non-existent obelisk at the Sun Temple of Nyuserre at Abu Ghurab lying between Cairo and Saqqara.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, ruined, collapsed, upright, construction, stones, building, obelisk, base, exterior, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, buried, pharaoh, royal, blocks, afterlife, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, history, desert, hazy, light