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Also Known As Saqqara • Sakkara

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Step Pyramid of Djoser
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Ṣaqqārah, Egypt: Step Pyramid of Djoser
Ṣaqqārah, Egypt: Step Pyramid of Djoser
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Pyramid of Unas
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Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)
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Tomb of Mohammed Bin Ali, Salalah, Oman.
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Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)
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