Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis > Saqqara Archaeological Dig EG051157jhp
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 Archaeological Dig EG051157jhp |
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| Upload Date: | 2005-04-20 10:50:11 | |||
| Photo Size: | 7.5mb 5313x3555 pixels | |||
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| Caption: | Saqqarah Wenis Excavation Dig Leiden Dutch archaeologists Egyptian New Tombscemetery that I came across near the restored walkway from the Pyramid of Unas near the Step Pyramid and which slopes down to the Valley Temple first seen as visitors arrive at this major complex near Memphis. Recent archaeological work has discovered tombs near the causeway such as that of the Two Brothers while many other undiscovered or partially excavated ones lie alongside the causeway as do boat pits. Several New Kingdom were uncovered in this Dutch work and the site is now open to the public including Tombs of Horemheb, Maya and Meryt. |
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