Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis > Saqqara Step Pyramid Festival Court 6918EG07JHP
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
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| Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
| Collection: | Saqqara & Memphis | |||
| Filename: | Saqqara Step Pyramid Festival Court 6918EG07JHP |
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| Upload Date: | 2007-10-27 10:58:01 | |||
| Photo Size: | 14mb 5295x3543 pixels | |||
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| Caption: | Step Pyramid Saqqara Egypt Oldest Stone Monument Hed-Sed Festival Courtin the world, built for King Djoser around 2500BC, is viewed from the Hed-Seb Festival Court with its stylish fluted columns based on the stems of papyrus reeds |
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