Egypt > Giza Pyramids & Sphinx > Giza Central Field EG024120jhp
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.
© Jim Henderson
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| Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
| Collection: | Giza Pyramids & Sphinx | |||
| Filename: | Giza Central Field EG024120jhp |
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| Upload Date: | 2002-10-20 12:45:31 | |||
| Photo Size: | 5.2mb 3024x2016 pixels | |||
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| Caption: | Giza Egypt Central Field overview Khentkawes tombs mastabas Musilim Cemetery,an area that lies roughly between the causeway of Menkaure and that of Khafre in which there are many old mastabas and rock cut tombs, some open to the public such as Debhen or Iwn-min and the most prominent of which is the Mastaba of Queen Khentkawes the last major Royal construction in the Giza complex visble in centre. It is an area left to the individual to explore and has an eerie feel wandering amongst some grotesque eroded faces of limestone showing the natural damage that centuries of wind and blown sand can do to unprotected soft limestone. To the western boundary of this area is a large bluff with the modern Muslim cemetery beneath it on the right. Giza and distant Cairo are in the background and this view is taken near the Causeway of Menkaure. |
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