Image Tanis Shoshenq Gate Rear EG077294JHP by Jim Henderson

 
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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 Shoshenq Gate Rear EG077294JHP Tanis Ancient Egyptian Shoshenq Gate Rear View Photo Necropolis Delta 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. This view of the entrance to the Temple of Amun built by Ramasses 11 is taken from adjacent to the Royal Necropolis and is the entrance to the main part of the site but there other temples from reigns of Osorkon, Sheshonq and Ptolemy but of special interest are the Royal Tombs 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, history, ancient, antiquity, archaeology, landscape, Egyptology, Ramasses, Ramses, Temple, Amun, granite, carvings, hieroglyphs, statues, Triad, Royal, Necropolis, tombs, Shoshenq, Sheshonq, gate
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: North of Cairo
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Tanis Shoshenq Gate Rear EG077294JHP
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Tanis Ancient Egyptian Shoshenq Gate Rear View Photo Necropolis Delta

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. This view of the entrance to the Temple of Amun built by Ramasses 11 is taken from adjacent to the Royal Necropolis and is the entrance to the main part of the site but there other temples from reigns of Osorkon, Sheshonq and Ptolemy but of special interest are the Royal Tombs 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, history, ancient, antiquity, archaeology, landscape, Egyptology, Ramasses, Ramses, Temple, Amun, granite, carvings, hieroglyphs, statues, Triad, Royal, Necropolis, tombs, Shoshenq, Sheshonq, gate