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Memphis, Egypt: colossal statue of Ramses II Memphis Ptah, holding the emblems of life and power, bronze statuette, Memphis, c. 600–100 bce; in the British Museum, London. Step Pyramid of Djoser Side view of the Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background at Giza, Egypt. Thutmose IV, detail of a gray granite sculpture, 15th century bce; in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Taking prisoners Memphis, Egypt: alabaster sphinx
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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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Also Known As Hut-ka-Ptah • White Walls • Manf • Manfish • Minf

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Memphis, Egypt: colossal statue of Ramses II
Memphis
Ptah, holding the emblems of life and power, bronze statuette, Memphis, c. 600–100 bce; in the British Museum, London.
Step Pyramid of Djoser
Side view of the Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background at Giza, Egypt.
Thutmose IV, detail of a gray granite sculpture, 15th century bce; in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Taking prisoners
Memphis, Egypt: alabaster sphinx
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Travel down the Nile to discover important ancient Egyptian cultural sites such as the Pyramids of Giza
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Step Pyramid of Djoser
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blunted pyramid
Dahshūr
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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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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.
A View of the Middle East