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This gallery has photographs of the main sites North of Cairo, usually visited privately as not part of most Egyptian tours, and includes Heliopolis, Tell Basta near Zagazig and Tanis near the north coast of Egypt
Tanis Sheshonq Gate EG077168JHP Tanis Sheshonq Gate Ramses Statue Ancient Egypt Delta Site Photo Northern Egypt once thought to be the capital created by Ramses but was the capital of the 24th Nome of Lower Egypt and important in the late Egyptian period. Has Ramesside Temple of Amun beyond this main entrance gate with other temples from reigns of Osorkon, Sheshonq and Ptolemy but of special interest are the Royal Tombs visible on right under scaffolding where that of Psusennes in particular was intact and gave up one of the richest burial good collections, apart from Tutankhamun, with its famous silver coffin, now in the Cairo Museum. A visit to Tanis is usually by private means but can be incorporated with a day trip through the Delta visiting Heliopolis and Tell Basta but does involve considerable motoring. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Tanis, San al-Hagar, Djane, Delta, Avaris, history, ancient, antiquity, landscape, archaeology, Egyptology, Ramasses, Ramses, granite, statue, Royal, Necropolis, tombs, Psuennes, Takelot, Osorkon, Shoshenq, Sheshonq, gate, entrance
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: North of Cairo
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Tanis Sheshonq Gate EG077168JHP
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Tanis Sheshonq Gate Ramses Statue Ancient Egypt Delta Site Photo

Northern Egypt once thought to be the capital created by Ramses but was the capital of the 24th Nome of Lower Egypt and important in the late Egyptian period. Has Ramesside Temple of Amun beyond this main entrance gate with other temples from reigns of Osorkon, Sheshonq and Ptolemy but of special interest are the Royal Tombs visible on right under scaffolding where that of Psusennes in particular was intact and gave up one of the richest burial good collections, apart from Tutankhamun, with its famous silver coffin, now in the Cairo Museum. A visit to Tanis is usually by private means but can be incorporated with a day trip through the Delta visiting Heliopolis and Tell Basta but does involve considerable motoring.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Tanis, San al-Hagar, Djane, Delta, Avaris, history, ancient, antiquity, landscape, archaeology, Egyptology, Ramasses, Ramses, granite, statue, Royal, Necropolis, tombs, Psuennes, Takelot, Osorkon, Shoshenq, Sheshonq, gate, entrance