Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis > Saqqara Museum 6811EG07JHP
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 Museum 6811EG07JHP |
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Upload Date: | 2007-10-27 08:47:03 | |||
Photo Size: | 11mb 3543x5295 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Saqqara Museum Carved Egyptian Figure Ipiemsafipi Khennu Scribe White Apronexhibit in this new museum by the modern ticket office at entrance to the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo. This figure of a young man, Ipiemsafipi, son of the scribe and chancellor Khennu from the Middle kingdom was found on the site famous for the Step Pyramid built for King Djoser around 2500BC under the architectural control of Imhotep who later was deified. |
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