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3rd Dynasty Pyramid

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Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara Djoser tomb in step pyramid Segato's drawing of Djoser's apartments with faience tiles

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Sneferu’s Unfinished Pyramid at Meidum Dominique Vivant Denon's drawing of pyramid at Meidum

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Sneferu’s Bent Pyramid at Dahshur

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Sneferu’s Red Pyramid at Dahshur

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Khufu’s Pyramid at Giza

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Khafre’s Pyramid at Giza

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Menkaure’s Pyramid at Giza Pyramid of Unas Unas’s burial chamber texts Saqqara

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Abusir Pyramids 5th dynasty Pyramid of Senwoseret II at Lahun 1878 BC

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Pyramids at Meroe Sudan Pyramid of Cestius in Rome C1st BC

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Pyramids from Mayer’s Views of Egypt 1804

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Giza Pyramids with Menkaure’s Queens’ Pyramids

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Plan of Giza Pyramids

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Aerial photograph taken from Eduard Spelterini’s balloon on 21 November 1904

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Artist’s Impression of Khufu’s pyramid complex

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Richard Pococke’s plan of the pyramid 1754

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summit of the great pyramid by Luigi Mayer Great gallery by Luigi Mayer

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Sarcophagus in King’s Chamber

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Entrance to Great pyramid c 1877 Felix Bonfils

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Pyramid Entrance

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Bronze Tool and Diorite Ball found by Waynman Dixon 1872

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Casing block Queen’s chamber with structural niche

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Small statue of Khufu found by Flinders Petrie 1882

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Khufu’s name on granite possibly from mortuary temple

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Ship from Khufu’s Pyramid complex

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Tourists 1875 by Felix Bonfils

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Australian 11th Battalion 1915

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Flooded in 1917 Sphinx from Mayer Views of Egypt 1804

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The Sphinx 1556, 1579, 1650 and 1755 Sphinx c 1930

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Khafre’s Pyramid and the Sphinx

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Khafre in Leipzig

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Fragment of Sphinx’s beard from 18th Dynasty

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Diagram showing missing beard fragments Belzoni at entrance to Khafre’s pyramid Belzoni entering Khafre’s tomb 1818 Khafre tomb with Belzoni inscription ‘Scoperta da G Belzoni 2 mar 1818’ Menkaure’s Pyramid

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Menkaure’s burial chamber Menkaure coffin from reburial c 600 BC

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Objects from Queen Hetepheres’s tomb Giza

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False door from tomb of Khufu’s brother Kanefer from Dahshur

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False door from tomb of Tjetji and Debet, priests of Khafre Giza

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False door from tomb of Tjetji and Debet, priests of Khafre Giza

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False door from tomb of Tjetji and Debet, priests of Khafre Giza

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False door from tomb of Tjetji and Debet, priests of Khafre Giza

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False door of tomb of Sheshi scribe of priests of Khufu in 5th dynasty

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False door of tomb of Sheshi scribe of priests of Khufu in 5th dynasty

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Tomb of Prince Rahotep 4th Dynasty Meidum

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Architrave of Nykaiankh inspector of priests Giza 5th dynasty

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Architrave of Nykaiankh inspector of priests Giza 5th dynasty

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Scenes from a 5th Dynasty tomb at Giza

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Scenes from a 5th Dynasty tomb at Giza

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False door of Sennu 5th Dynasty

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Sarcophagus of official at Giza from 5th dynasty

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