Image Giza Sphinx 6704EG07JHP by Jim Henderson

 
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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 Sphinx 6704EG07JHP 
 Sphinx Giza Ruins Temple Painted Headdress Face Gizah Egyptian Photograph located near near Cairo. Note the remains of painted headdress, the nemes, on the forehead. Underneath the headdress is the cement support added in the past 200 years to stop any possible damage to the ancient nemes headdress. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, Sphinx, nemes, headdress, face, soft, erosion, limestone, casing, Tura, Valley, temple, causeway, Western, Cemetery, entrance, approach, upright, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, telephoto, closeup
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Giza Pyramids & Sphinx
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Giza Sphinx 6704EG07JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-26 08:17:14
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Sphinx Giza Ruins Temple Painted Headdress Face Gizah Egyptian Photograph

located near near Cairo. Note the remains of painted headdress, the nemes, on the forehead. Underneath the headdress is the cement support added in the past 200 years to stop any possible damage to the ancient nemes headdress.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Giza, Sphinx, nemes, headdress, face, soft, erosion, limestone, casing, Tura, Valley, temple, causeway, Western, Cemetery, entrance, approach, upright, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, telephoto, closeup