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Pictures of Cairo - Egypt: Pyramids, Mosques, Palaces, Museums. Pyrmids of Khefren, Keops, Great Sphinx, Saqqarah...
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La pirámide de Menkaura (Micerinos) es la más pequeña de las tres pirámides de Giza. Originariamente estaba revestida con dieciséis hiladas de granito rosado.
Author: Pirámide de Micerinos-Giza-Egipto
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The Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three Pyramids of Giza. Originally the first sixteen courses of the exterior were made of pink granite.
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The Black Pyramid-Dashur-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Dahshur, a royal necropolis 40 kilometres south of Cairo, has only recently been opened to the public, having been a military zone until 1996. The mostly ruined Black Pyramid of Amenemhet III is off limits to visitors. Its black granite pyramidion (top-most stone) can be seen in the Cairo Museum.
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The Red Pyramid-Dashur-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The "Red Pyramid" in Dashur (named for the red limestone used in its construction), is the oldest true pyramid in Egypt and the immediate predecessor of the pyramids that would come later.
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Step Pyramid of Djoser-Sakkara-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Sakkara, 30 kilometers of Cairo, is best known for the Step Pyramid, the oldest known of Egypt's 97 pyramids. It was built for King Djoser of the 3rd Dynasty by the architect and genius Imhotep.
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Khephren Pyramid-Giza-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The Pyramid of Khafre is the second largest of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza. It has a base length of 215.25 m and originally rises to a height of 143.5 m. The Pyramid is made of limestone blocks.
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The Great Sphinx-Giza-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: This monumental statue with the head of a human (perhaps of the King Khafre or Khufu) and a lion's body is a national symbol of Egypt, crumbling today because of the erosion of the wind, subterranean humidity and the smog from Cairo.
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Entrance-Sakkara-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Sakkara is one section of the great necropolis of Memphis, the Old Kingdom capital and the kings of the 1st and 2nd Dynasty.
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Bab al Futuh or Gate of Conquest-Cairo-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The Bab al Futuh, or Gate of Conquest, flanked by two rounded towers, marks the northern boundary of the old Fatimid City.
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