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Pyramid of Userkaf with the Step Pyramid in the Background

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3 Ceramic Strainers

3 Wooden Shabti of Tutankhamun

A Fairly Intact Pot Amongst the Sherds

A Queue of Animals

A Seat with a View

About to go up the cliffs at Deir el-Bersha

Across the Cliffs at Meir

Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Two Princesses Worshipping the Aten

Alabaster Basin with Boat with Antelope-Headed Bow and Stern

Alabaster Vase in the Form of an Ibex

Alabaster Vessel and Statuette

Alcove in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Almost Intact Pot Amongst the Debris

Amarna Boundary Stela

Amenemhat III in Priestly Costume

Amenemhat III in Priestly Costume

Among the Ruins

An Ancient Quarry

An Ancient Quarry

An Ancient Quarry with Crosses

Ancient & modern

Ancient & Modern

Ancient & Modern

Ancient Brickwork

Ancient Brickwork

Ancient Column, Modern Scaffolding

Ancient Columns

Ancient Ruins, Propped Up

Anthropoid Coffin

Anthropomorphic Vessel

Anubis On a Shrine

Anubis On a Shrine

Anubis On a Shrine

Approaching the Amarna Bounday Stela

Approaching the Amarna Bounday Stela

Approaching the Serapeum

Approaching the Serapeum

Approaching the Serapeum

Approaching the Serapeum

Approaching Tuna el-Gebel

Auguste Mariette's Mausoleum

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Bed of Queen Hetepheres

Bed of Tutankhamun

Bed of Tutankhamun

Behind the Fence

Box with Cartouche of Tutankhamun

Box with Cartouche of Tutankhamun

Box with Name of Amenhotep III, plus Beads

Building amidst the ruins

Bust of Queen Meritamun

Bust of Queen Meritamun

Calcite Cup in the Form of a Lotus Flower

Calcite Cup in the Form of a Lotus Flower

Camel and Guardpost

Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Canopic Jar of Tjuyu

Canopic Jar of Tjuyu

Canopic Jars of Kiya

Canopic Jars of Kiya

Carrying Chair of Queen Hetepheres

Carrying Chair of Queen Hetepheres

Causeway of the Funerary Complex of Unas

Causeway of the Pyramid Complex of Unas

Causeway of the Pyramid Complex of Unas

Causeway of the Pyramid Complex of Unas

Causeway of the Pyramid Complex of Unas

Ceramic Mask from Hierakonpolis

Chair with Legs in the Shape of Duck Heads

Clay Head from Merimde Beni Salama

Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Cliffs at Deir el-Bersha

Climbing the Pathway to the Tombs at Deir el Bersha

Coffin Decorated with the Book of the Dead

Coffin from KV55, Possibly That of Akhenaten

Coffin from KV55, Possibly That of Akhenaten

Coffin from KV55, Possibly That of Akhenaten

Coffin from KV55, Possibly That of Akhenaten

Coffin from KV55, Possibly That of Akhenaten

Coffin from KV55, Possibly That of Akhenaten

Coffin of Ahmose Meritamun

Coffin of Ahmose Meritamun

Coffin of Ahmose-Nefertari with J for Scale

Coffin with Inscription

Collapsed and Upright Pillars

Collosal Statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye

Collosal Statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye

Colossal Statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye

Colossal Statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye

Columns & Tourists

Columns Against the Sky

Columns Amongst the Desert

Columns at el Ashmunein

Columns in the Desert

Columns in the Desert

Columns Rising from the Green

Columns with People for Scale

Columns with People for Scale

Copper Statue of Pepi I

Copper Statue of Pepi I

Copper Statue of Pepi I

Coptic Icon of the Virgin & Child

Cosmetic Jar with Lions, Hunting Scenes and Captives

Cultivation at Beni Hasan

Decorated Column

Decorated Metal Bowl

Decorated Metal Vessel

Decoration on the Second Shrine of Tutankhamun

Decoration on the Second Shrine of Tutankhamun

Decoration on the Third Shrine of Tutankhamun

Desert Cliffs with Tombs

Desert Sands and Distant Ruins

Desert Sands and Distant Structures

Desert Sands at Meir

Detail from Coffin of Khui, Depicting Him and His Dog Iupu

Disc from the Tomb of Hemaka

Disc from the Tomb of Hemaka

Disc from the Tomb of Hemaka

Double Statue of Amenemhat III as a Nile God

Double Statue of Amenemhat III as a Nile God

Double Statue of Amenemhat III as a Nile God

Double Statue of Amun and Mut

Double Statue of Amun and Mut

Down the Steps from Cliffs to Cultivation

Entrance to 2nd Dynasty Underground Galleries at Saqqara

Entrance to the Speos Artemidos

Entrance to the Step Pyramid Complex

Entrance to the Step Pyramid Complex

Entrance to the Step Pyramid Complex

Entrance to the Step Pyramid Complex

Entrance to the Step Pyramid Complex

Entrance to the Step Pyramid Complex

Entrance to the Tomb of Amenemhat (Ameni) at Beni Hasan

Entrance to the Tomb of Khety

Entrance to the Tomb of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hassan

Entrance to the Tomb of Maya

Entrance to the Tomb of Maya

Entrance to Tomb of Idut

Entrance to Tomb of Ty

Eroded Inscription

Eroded Inscription

Eyes from a Statue (?)

Facade of a Small Shrine

Facade of a Small Shrine

Facade of a Small Shrine

Face of a Statue of Thutmose III with a Modern Cast of the Body

Family Group Statue(?)

Floor from a Building at Amarna

Floor from a Building at Amarna

Floor from a Building at Amarna

Floor from a Building at Amarna

Floor from a Building at Amarna

Flooring from Amarna

Flooring from Amarna

Flooring from Amarna

Fragment of Paving from Amarna

Fragment of Paving or Wall Decoration

Fragment of Paving or Wall Decoration

Fragment of Paving or Wall Decoration

Fragment of Paving or Wall Decoration

Fragment of Paving or Wall Decoration

Fragments of Floor or Wall Paintings

Funerary Bed with Cow Heads from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Funerary Bed with Hippo Heads from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Funerary Bed with Hippo Heads from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Funerary Bed with Lion Heads from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Funerary Bed with Lion Heads from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Funerary Papyrus

Funerary Papyrus (Book of the Dead?)

Furniture of Queen Hetepheres

Game Pieces Shaped Like Lions

Game Pieces Shaped Like Lions

Greek Inscription

Greek Inscription

Greek Inscription

Head a of New Kingdom Queen

Head of a Ptolemaic King

Head with Wig and Wig Ornaments

Heading towards the Village

Hieratic Graffiti from Ancient Tourists

Hieratic Graffiti from Ancient Tourists

Hieroglyphs in the Sand

Hill Path at Deir el-Bersha

Hill Path at Deir el-Bersha

Hill Path at Deir el-Bersha

Hill Path Past Rock Cut Tombs at Deir el-Bersha

Hunting in the Marshes

Hut with Distant Pyramids

Inner Coffin and Mask of One of the Fetuses from Tutankhamun's Tomb

Inscription in the Ruins

Inscriptions in the Landscape

Inscriptions in the Landscape

Inscriptions in the Landscape

Inscriptions in the Ruins

Interior Decoration of the Pyramid of Unas

Interior Decoration of the Pyramid of Unas

Interior Decoration of the Pyramid of Unas

Ivory Figurines

Ivory Figurines

Ivory Figurines

J on the Cliffs at Deir el-Bersha

Khaemwaset's Inscription on the Pyramid of Unas

Khaemwaset's Inscription on the Pyramid of Unas

Khaemwaset's Inscription on the Pyramid of Unas

Khaemwaset's Inscription on the Pyramid of Unas

Labels from Tomb U-j

Limestone Sarcophagus with Representation of Panther Skin on Lid

Limestone Sarcophagus with Representation of Panther Skin on Lid

Limestone Sarcophagus with Representation of Panther Skin on Lid

Lion Shaped Vessel

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Beni Hasan Cliffs

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Beni Hasan Cliffs

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Cliffs of Beni Hasan

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Cliffs of Beni Hasan

Looking Along the Wadi at Deir el-Bersha

Looking Back Across the Desert

Looking Back to Modern Egypt

Looking Down from the Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Looking Down from the Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Looking from Desert to Cultivation

Looking Out to the Greenery at Saqqara

Looking Out to the Greenery at Saqqara

Looking to Modern Egypt

Looking to Modern Egypt

Looking towards the Causeway of Unas

Lost in the Undergrowth

Model Boat from the Tomb of Henu

Model Boat from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Modern Egypt at Tuna el-Gebel

Mountains of Pottery

Mountains of Pottery

Mountains of Pottery

Mummy of an Ibis

New Kingdom Temple Tomb at Saqqara

Oil Jar with Narmer's Name

Ornamental Alabaster Vase

Osirian Pillar of Senwosret I

Osirid Statues in the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Ostraca Depicting Meretseger as a Snake

Ostracon of a Cat Herding Geese

Ostracon Showing a Man Being Bitten By a Lion

Ostracon Showing Two Chariots

Ostracon Showing Two Men Herding Cows

Ostracon with a Sketch of a Duck

Ostracon with a Sketch of a Seated Goddess with Horus Holding a Shen Ring Behind Her

Ostracon with Birds and Dog

Ostracon with Depiction of Lion Biting a Man's Head

Ostracon with Sketches of Sobek

Out in the Desert

Outer and Inner Coffin of One of the Fetuses in Tutankhamun's Tomb

Outer Shrine of Tutankhamun

Outer Shrine of Tutankhamun

Outside the Speos Artemidos

Painted Limestone Sarcophagus

Palm Tree at Saqqara

Police Escort Posing for Photos

Pottery Vessel Decorated with Ring of People

Pottery Vessel Decorated with Ring of People

Precarious Ruins

Predynastic Pot with Boat and Bird Motifs

Pyramid of Teti

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf with the Step Pyramid in the Background

Raised Relief of Woman (and Child)

Ramadan Hussein Telling Us About His Excavations at Saqqara

Reconstructed Architecture at the Step Pyramid

Reconstructed Architecture at the Step Pyramid

Reconstructed Architecture at the Step Pyramid

Reconstructed Architecture at the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Reconstructed Architecture at the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Reconstructed Architecture in the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Reconstructed Architecture in the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief of Offering Bearers

Relief with Donkeys and Offering Bearers

Relief with Offering Bearers (?)

Relief With Offering Table, Offering List and Servants Bearing Offerings

Relief With Offering Table, Offering List and Servants Bearing Offerings

Relief With Offering Table, Offering List and Servants Bearing Offerings

Reliefs from the Tomb of Nefermaat and Itet at Meidum

Reliefs from the Tomb of Nefermaat and Itet at Meidum

Reliefs from the Tomb of Nefermaat and Itet at Meidum

Reliefs from the Tomb of Nefermaat and Itet at Meidum

Reliefs from the Tomb of Nefermaat and Itet at Meidum

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Rock Cut Tombs at Deir el Bersha

Rocks on the Ridge

Ruins in the Desert

Ruins in the Desert

Ruins in the Desert

Ruins in the Desert

Ruins in the Landscape

Ruins in the Landscape

Ruins in the Landscape

Ruins in the Landscape

Sand Covered Cliffs

Sarcophagus of Akhenaten

Sarcophagus of Akhenaten

Sarcophagus of Akhenaten

Sarcophagus of Akhenaten

Sarcophagus of Hatshepsut

Sarcophagus of Hatshepsut

Sarcophagus of Padikem

Sarcophagus of Prince Thutmose's Cat

Scattered Carvings

Scene of Men Netting Birds

Sculpted Heads of Prisoners

Sculpted Heads of Prisoners

Senet Board and Pieces

Shabti of Tutankhamun

Shabti of Tutankhamun

Shrine for Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Shrine for Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Shrine for Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Shrine for Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Signposting the Way

Silver Bracelets Belonging to Hetepheres

Small Figure of a Bound Captive

Small Stone Vessels

Statue Feet in the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Statue Feet in the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Statue of a Bearer

Statue of a Bearer

Statue of a Bearer

Statue of a Family

Statue of a Family

Statue of a King on a Throne with Lion Arms

Statue of a King on a Throne with Lion Arms

Statue of a Seated Man

Statue of a Seated Scribe

Statue of a Seated Scribe

Statue of Amenemhat III

Statue of Amenhotep IV

Statue of Amenhotep IV

Statue of Ankh Pepi and His Wife

Statue of Ankh Pepi and His Wife

Statue of Hathor with Amenhotep II in a Shrine Dedicated to Hathor by Thutmose III

Statue of Hathor with Amenhotep II in a Shrine Dedicated to Hathor by Thutmose III

Statue of Hathor with Amenhotep II in a Shrine Dedicated to Hathor by Thutmose III

Statue of Khafre

Statue of Khafre

Statue of Khafre

Statue of Khafre In Front of a False Door

Statue of Meryre and Iniuia

Statue of Meryre and Iniuia

Statue of Meryre and Iniuy

Statue of Montuhotep II

Statue of Montuhotep II

Statue of Nofret

Statue of Princess Ankhesenpaaten

Statue of the Ka of Wahibre Hor

Statue of the Ka of Wahibre Hor

Statues of Rahotep and Nofret

Stela of Amenemhat

Stela or Relief with Offerings

Step Pyramid and Reconstructed Enclosure Wall

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid with the Pyramid of Unas in the Background

Temple Tombs at Saqqara

The Imhotep Museum, Saqqara

The Meidum Geese

The Meidum Geese

The Meidum Geese

The Name of Djehutihotep

The Name of Djehutihotep

The Outside of the Tomb of Meruka

The Outside of the Tomb of Meruka

The Road to Meir

The Road to Meir

The Tomb of Isadora

The Tomb of Isadora

The Tomb of Isadora

The Tomb of Senbi

The Tomb of Senbi

The Tomb of Senbi

The Tomb of Senbi

The Valley Temple of Unas

The View up the Nile from the Beni Hasan Cliffs

TNew Kingdom Temple Tomb at Saqqara

Tomb Entrance at Beni Hasan

Tomb Entrance at Beni Hasan

Tomb Entrance at Deir el-Bersha

Tomb Entrance in the Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Maya at Saqqara

Tomb of Maya at Saqqara

Tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep (The Two Brothers)

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Petosiris

Tomb of Petosiris

Tomb of Petosiris

Tomb of Ptahhotep

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Tia at Saqqara

Tomb of Tia at Saqqara

Tomb of Tia at Saqqara

Tomb of Tia at Saqqara

Tomb of Tia at Saqqara

Tomb of Tia at Saqqara

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb Relief with Musicians

Tombstone with Inscription in Coptic

Toppled Baboon Statue

Toppled Columns in the Desert

Traces of Paint on the Rock Outside

Triad Statue of Menkaure Flanked by Hathor (left) and the Nome Deity of Thebes (right)

Triad Statue of Menkaure Flanked by Hathor (left) and the Nome Deity of Thebes (right)

Two Feline Headed Figurines

Vase Decorated with Crocodiles and Hippos

View Across the Archaeological Remains at Saqqara

View Across the Archaeological Remains at Saqqara

View Across the Archaeological Remains at Saqqara

View Across the Archaeological Remains at Saqqara

View from the Boundary Stela

Wadi el Jarf Papyri

Wadi el Jarf Papyri

Wadi el Jarf Papyri

Walking Across the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Walking Among the Ruins

Walking Amongst the Ruins

Walking Stick Decorated with a Nubian and an Asiatic

Walking through Meir

Walking up the Cliffs to the Tombs at Beni Hasan

Walking Up to the Tombs in the Cliffs of Beni Hasan

Wall Around the Step Pyramid Complex

Wall Around the Step Pyramid Complex

Weighing of the Heart Scene from the Book of the Dead

Wood Ivory and Gilt Box

Wooden Coffin of Atef Ib

Wooden Models from the Tomb of Henu

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