Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis > Saqqara Entrance Columns EG051075jhp
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.
© Jim Henderson
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| Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
| Collection: | Saqqara & Memphis | |||
| Filename: | Saqqara Entrance Columns EG051075jhp |
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| Upload Date: | 2005-04-20 09:39:32 | |||
| Photo Size: | 9.4mb 3555x5313 pixels | |||
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| Caption: | Egypt Saqqara Entrance Fluted Engaged Limestone Columns Enclosure Step Pyramidcomplex of King Djoser at Saqqara dating from around 2500BC to the south of Cairo and near the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis is through these fluted engaged columns creating a delicate colonnade from the entrance gate to the huge courtyard facing the south face of the oldest stone monument in the world. |
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