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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.
Egyptian Farmland EG02AA48jhp Egypt Giza Saqqara Road farming field irrigation palm trees water canal cattle along the road journey from Giza to Saqqara offers a peaceful break from the bustle of Cairo and a way to see modern day Egyptian life that occurs along the banks of the canals irrigating fertile farmland along a strip of land especially on the west bank of the River Nile and which still plays an important part in the wealth of Egypt and in the lives of ordinary Egyptians today just as it has over the past 5000 years or so. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, Saqqara, West, Bank, River, Nile, canals, irrigation, modern, riverbank, farm, farming, farmhouse, fields, daily, life, houses, reeds, grass, water, cruise, cruising, landscape, animals, grazing, cattle, bovine, date, dates, growing, palms, palm, fronds, branches, trees, groves, plantations
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Saqqara & Memphis
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Egyptian Farmland EG02AA48jhp
Upload Date: 2002-10-20 08:43:40
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Egypt Giza Saqqara Road farming field irrigation palm trees water

canal cattle along the road journey from Giza to Saqqara offers a peaceful break from the bustle of Cairo and a way to see modern day Egyptian life that occurs along the banks of the canals irrigating fertile farmland along a strip of land especially on the west bank of the River Nile and which still plays an important part in the wealth of Egypt and in the lives of ordinary Egyptians today just as it has over the past 5000 years or so.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, Saqqara, West, Bank, River, Nile, canals, irrigation, modern, riverbank, farm, farming, farmhouse, fields, daily, life, houses, reeds, grass, water, cruise, cruising, landscape, animals, grazing, cattle, bovine, date, dates, growing, palms, palm, fronds, branches, trees, groves, plantations