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Saqqara, step pyramid - Cairo
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Memphis and Sakkara: Saqqara, paintings
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  • Updated By sachara on August 31, 2003
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  • Saqqara, paintings - Cairo
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    In the tombs of Saqqara you can find a lot of paintings telling about of the daily life in the 26th and 25th century BC.
    So you can see craftsmen at work, medical scenes, families on a boattrip at the Nile, playing girls, priests, musicians.
    There are funeral ceremonies with families bringing food like bread, vegetables, fruits, wine and cattle to their dead relatives.
    You need time for discovering the scenes. The paintings are not always very clear.

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    Memphis and Sakkara: Memphis
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  • By kenmerk on January 8, 2004
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  • Ramses the Colossal... - Cairo
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    A nice side trip from Cairo is down to the ancient captial city of Memphis. Though little remains of this Pharonic city, the open air museum here is worth a visit, especially to see the hugh fallen image of Ramses II that the museum was built around.

    Located about 24 KM south of Cairo.

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    Memphis and Sakkara: Sfinx in Memphis
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    spinx in Memphis
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    In the open air museum of Memphis is -except the large statue of Ramses II - also an alabaster sfinx of eight tonne in the garden.
    Furtheryou can see the sarcophagus Amenhotep and more smaller statues of Ramses II.

    Opening hours: 8 am to 5 pm
    Entrancefee: 14 Egyptian pound

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    Memphis and Sakkara: Memphis, ancient capital
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    Memphis, founded in 3.100 BC, was the glorious capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
    Even in the 5th century BC, long after Thebes became the new capital of Egypt, was Memphis still a "prosperous city and cosmopolitan centre" (Herodotus).
    Nowadays it's only a small museum in open air. The main attraction is the huge limestone statue of Ramses II. This staue is lying down and is similar to the one standing at Midan Ramses in Cairo.

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    Memphis and Sakkara: Saqqara
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  • Saqqara, step pyramid - Cairo
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    Saqqara, named after Sokar the God of the cemetaries, is the necropolis of Memphis.
    In 3000 years the necropoils grew 7 KM into the western desert.
    Zoser's step pyramid is the most known structure of Saqqara, but there is so much more, that for exploring the site you need more than one day. So you have to make choices.
    The archaeologists ignored the site a long time. The mortuary complex round the pyramid is first discovered 80 years ago.

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    Memphis and Sakkara: Saqqara, Zoser's Step Pyramid
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  • Zoser's step pyramid - Cairo
    Zoser's step pyramid
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    The Step Pyramid of King Zoser is the largest stone structure ever built. The brilliant architect Imhotep, also first minister and doctor of Zoser, constructed the pyramid in 2675 BC. His way of construction was new and a break with traditions to build royal tombs as undergroud rooms.
    This pyramid became the inspiration and the start for the future architectural achievements and building of pyramids in Egypt.

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    Memphis and Sakkara: Temple complex of Zoser
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  • Zoser's temple complex - Cairo
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    The mortuary complex around the step pyramid is 544M long and 277M wide and there is a lot to explore. A part of the 10M high enclosure wall with bastions survived and is restored. In the wall were many false doors, so the spirit of Zoser could come and go. For the living people is only one entrance from where you can reach the Great South Court. Further you can have a look at the Houses of the South and the North, the serdab and the mortuary temple.
    The complex is very impressing. I visited Saqqara two times, but will be back.

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    Memphis and Sakkara: Serdab and tombs
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    You can enter some tombs and the serdab. I did'nt the first time 20 years ago, when I visited Saqqara with a guided tour, but maybe the tombs were not open yet.
    The second time we went on our own and could spend as much time we liked.
    In the mastabi, open for the public you can see extraordinary reliefs, paintings and statues, who give a nice view at the daily life of the 27th century BC.

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    Memphis and Sakkara: Sakkara
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  • Silouette of the Step Pyramid at Sakkara... - Cairo
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    Another nice side trip, which can be taken in conjunction with a visit to Memphis would be to visit the final resting place of Zoser at Sakkara.

    The step pyramid of Zoser is a marvel in itself and was a precurser to its more famous cousins at Giza.

    The image of this pyramid also can be found adorning a can of Sakkara beer, which is a local Egyptian brew....

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    Memphis and Sakkara: Enjoy the pyramids minus the tourists
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  • By leigh767 on August 12, 2006
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  • Saqqara - Cairo
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    Far, far less crowded but still worthy of your time-- don't miss out on the Saqqara step pyramids, which are an earlier form of pyramids before those your see at Giza were built. Camel rides here will only cost about LE 20 (you have to bargain, like everything else in this country) but still good fun and much more value for money.

    If you let a guide take your around inside the temples and tombs, make sure you have spare cash for tips.

    Bottom line: Saqqara was a gem of a place, relatively unpolluted by tourist traffic, though Memphis on the whole felt much more like a tourist trap.

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