Daily Photo - Saqqara
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Daily Photo - Saqqara


Another set of photographs from Rick Menges, who was in the Cairo area in November 2007, with my thanks. I particularly like the photograph of the step pyramid with the row of cobra in the foreground.



Saqqara step pramid with row of cobras



Excavations in the area of the pyramid of Unas

View of the bent pyramid and red pyramid at Dashur




- Video Of The Tunnels Beneath The Step Pyramid
MSNBC Video MSNBC were taken into the 5 miles of the Step Pyramid's subterranean tunnels by Zahi Hawass before he lost his position. A lot of scaffolding!  Very upbeat and excitable, but it has some really fascinating footage.  Not sure...

- The Black Pyramid
drhawass.com There's a good aeriel photograph of the Black Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Dashur on the above address. Here's the caption: Aerial view of the pyramid of Amenemhat III at Dashur. Called the Black Pyramid because of its dark color,...

- Engine Vibrations Damage Step Pyramid
http://tinyurl.com/zkk7u (motoring.co.za) A South African motoring ezine is the last place I would have expected to find an item about the Saqqara Step Pyramid, but here it is all the same: "Idling vehicles have been banned in Saqqara, south-west of Cairo,...

- Restoring Saqqara
This is a short article on restoration work being done at Saqqara particularly at the step pyramid and at the Serapeum. http://drhawass.com/blog/restoring-saqqara...

- The Bent Pyramid
Here an article by Dr. Hawass on the Bent pyramid. http://drhawass.com/blog/pyramids-dashur-bent-pyramid...



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