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Valley of the Kings, a deep cleft in the limestone hills opposite Luxor, Egypt. The necropolis contains 62 tombs, not all royal, as some high officials were also buried there.
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Valley of the Kings, a deep cleft in the limestone hills opposite Luxor, Eg...

The mortuary temple of the female Pharaoh, Queen Hatshepsut (1503-1453 BCE), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, designed and built by the queen's steward and architect Senenmut. It rises in three terraces to the cliffs behind. Deir el-Bahri, Egypt.
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The mortuary temple of the female Pharaoh, Queen Hatshepsut (1503-1453 BC...

Pylon. Great Temple of Ramses III (1193-1162 BCE). The reliefs on its facade show the Pharaoh slaying prisoners. The pylon is 65 m long and 27 m high. 12th BCE, 20th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Medinet Habu, Egypt.
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Pylon. Great Temple of Ramses III (1193-1162 BCE). The reliefs on its facad...

Landscape on the Nile, Egypt.
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Landscape on the Nile, Egypt.

Landscape on the Nile, Egypt.
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Landscape on the Nile, Egypt.

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...

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...

Animal burial places, especially those of cats, in Bubastis in the Eastern delta of the Nile. Bastet, the cat-goddess, was the protectress of the city. Bubastis was the residence of the 22nd-24th Dynasties.
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Animal burial places, especially those of cats, in Bubastis in the Eastern delta...

Animal burial places, especially those of cats, in Bubastis in the Eastern delta of the Nile. Bastet, the cat-Goddess, was the protectress of the city. Bubastis was the residence of the 22nd-24th Dynasties.
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Animal burial places, especially those of cats, in Bubastis in the Eastern delta...

Animal burial places, especially those of cats, in Bubastis in the eastern delta of the Nile. Bastet, the Cat-Goddess, was the protectress of the city. Bubastis was the residence of the 22nd-24th Dynasties.
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Animal burial places, especially those of cats, in Bubastis in the eastern delta...

Ruins of Bubastis, a city in the eastern delta of the Nile River, residence of the 22nd-24th Dynasties (10th BCE).
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Ruins of Bubastis, a city in the eastern delta of the Nile River, resid...

The Sinai Desert, Egypt.
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The Sinai Desert, Egypt.