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Sakkara Pyramid
Trip No.1 Entry No.3 Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1981
Sakkara Pyramid submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Mar 2006. The world's first large stone structure built under Pharao Djoser founder of the 3rd Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.
Under the Architect Imhotep, the original small mastaba was expanded in all directions to a height of 62 Meters, a length of 123 Meters and a width of 107 Meters. The stone blocks are much smaller than those of the later pyramids.
The pyramid had a casing eventually, though this is now lost.
There are numerous passages under the pyramids where a mummified leg bone of Djoser was ...
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Great Sphinx
Trip No.1 Entry No.2 Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1981
Great Sphinx submitted by davidmorgan on 7th Jan 2009. The Dream Stele of Tuthmosis IV (1401-1390 BCE).
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Khufu's Pyramid
Trip No.1 Entry No.1 Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1981
Khufu's Pyramid submitted by davidmorgan on 6th Jan 2009. The King's Chamber. 1981.
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Giza Plateau
Trip No.1 Entry No.1 Date Added: 23rd May 2016
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2006
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Khafre's Pyramid
Trip No.1 Entry No.1 Date Added: 10th Apr 2011
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 1981
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by Thorgrim on 13th Feb 2005. The most awesome experience is to enter the Pyramid of Khafre at Giza. Is it just a coincidence that Giza is located exactly 30 degrees and zero minutes from the equator? (Cairo is 30 degrees 1 minute North) Just think about it - some time before 2,500 BC, the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom placed the Sphinx and the great pyramids exactly one third of the way up from the equator and two thirds of the way down from the north pole. With all that space to go at - it must have been deliberate and pro...
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