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The necropolis of Hermopolis, rock tombs, brick and limestone funerary houses and tomb chapels from Ramesside to Roman times (13th BCE-1st CE).
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The necropolis of Hermopolis, rock tombs, brick and limestone funerary h...

View from the rock tombs of Beni Hassan towards the Nile. Below the limestone cliffs, some of the causeways remain, lined with huge bolders.
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View from the rock tombs of Beni Hassan towards the Nile. Below the limeston...

Sunset behind the pyramid of Hawara, built by Pharaoh Amenemhat III (19th BCE), 12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, Egypt. Original size 58 m high, on a base of 100 m2.
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Sunset behind the pyramid of Hawara, built by Pharaoh Amenemh...

Three pyramids on the limestone plateau of Gizeh. There are some thirty pyramids in the desert south of the famous pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mycerinus (26th BCE), 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom.
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Three pyramids on the limestone plateau of Gizeh. There are some thirty py...

Rock outcroppings on the limestone plateau of Gizeh, Egypt, near the Great Sphinx.
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Rock outcroppings on the limestone plateau of Gizeh, Egypt, near th...

Three smaller pyramids in the desert South of Gizeh.
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Three smaller pyramids in the desert South of Gizeh.

The pyramids of Cheops and Chefren. Together with the third, smaller pyramid of Mycerinus, these largest pyramids were all built between 2.589 and 2.530 BCE. The highest, Pharao Chefren's, is 145 m high.
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The pyramids of Cheops and Chefren. Together with the third, smaller pyramid o...

The three most famous pyramids on the plateau of Gizeh: from l. to r. Mycerinus, Chefren and Cheops. These three pyramids were all built between 2.589 and 2.350 BCE. Chefren is 145 m high, Cheops 137 m, and Mycerinus 66.5 m.
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The three most famous pyramids on the plateau of Gizeh: from l. to r. Myc...

The pyramid of Pharaoh Chefren (26th BCE) has preserved a large part of its limestone casing near the top. It was originally 145 m high, on a base of 214 m2.
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The pyramid of Pharaoh Chefren (26th BCE) has preserved a large part of its lime...

The pyramid of Pharaoh Chefren has preserved a large part of its limestone casing near the top. It was originally 145 m high, on a base of 214 m2. (26th BCE), 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
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The pyramid of Pharaoh Chefren has preserved a large part of its limest...

The causeway which leads from Chefren's pyramid to his valley temple and the Great Sphinx. (26th BCE), 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
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The causeway which leads from Chefren's pyramid to his valley temple and...

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a man. The monument is partly sculpted out of a natural knoll, and partly built up. (26th BCE), 4th Dynasty, Old Kinghdom, Egypt. It stands in front of the pyramid of Pharaoh Chefren.
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The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a man. T...