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Photographs of the three Giza pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Sphinx, temples, Solar Barque museum and western cemetery mastabas, including the Light and Sound Show night views.
Giza Menkaure Causeway EG024116jhp Menkaure Mycerinus Pyramid Egypt tomb causeway Gizah desert erosion Cairo the smaller of the Gizah site monuments and built during his reign of 28 years from 2531-2504 and it is about half the size of the Great Pyramid, possibly because of a much more relaxed rule than his predecessors who exacted a high price on the society building their huge monuments. Alongside his pyramid are three smaller ones for his Queens, the larger for his chief queen, Khamerernebty 11. The cuaseway runs eastwards from the Pyramid and its Mortuary Temple through the desert sand to the valley below. Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Giza, Gizah, upright, pyramid, royalty, burial, tombs, Menkaure, Mycerinus, Mortuary, valley, temple, causeway, limestone, eroded, erosion, sand, desert, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, archaeology, history
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Collection: Giza Pyramids & Sphinx
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Giza Menkaure Causeway EG024116jhp
Upload Date: 2002-10-20 12:41:03
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Menkaure Mycerinus Pyramid Egypt tomb causeway Gizah desert erosion Cairo

the smaller of the Gizah site monuments and built during his reign of 28 years from 2531-2504 and it is about half the size of the Great Pyramid, possibly because of a much more relaxed rule than his predecessors who exacted a high price on the society building their huge monuments. Alongside his pyramid are three smaller ones for his Queens, the larger for his chief queen, Khamerernebty 11. The cuaseway runs eastwards from the Pyramid and its Mortuary Temple through the desert sand to the valley below.
Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Giza, Gizah, upright, pyramid, royalty, burial, tombs, Menkaure, Mycerinus, Mortuary, valley, temple, causeway, limestone, eroded, erosion, sand, desert, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, archaeology, history