Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis > Saqqara Jubilee Court EG051088jhp
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 Jubilee Court EG051088jhp |
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| Upload Date: | 2005-04-20 09:50:01 | |||
| Photo Size: | 8.1mb 3461x5469 pixels | |||
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| Caption: | Saqqarah Egyptian Stone Monument Hed-Sed Festival Court restoration facade locatedat the Step Pyramid and oldest monument in the world, built for King Djoser around 2500BC, here part of the Hed-Seb Festival Court with its stylish fluted columns based on the stems of papyrus reeds |
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