Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis > Saqqara Step Pyramid 6774EG07JHP
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 Step Pyramid 6774EG07JHP |
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Upload Date: | 2007-10-27 08:12:45 | |||
Photo Size: | 12mb 5295x3543 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Step Pyramid Saqqara King Djoser Farming Agriculture Fields Cabbages Egyptstands out from the distant desert escarpment looking across the fertile agricultural land bordering the main road south from Cairo. |
Keywords: | Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Memphis, Bedrashein, Step Pyramid, necropolis, landscape, digital, recent, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, desert, sand, reeds palm trees, fields, agriculture, vegetables, fertile |