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Saqqara Destination Guide

Touring Saqqara in Egypt

Saqqara in the region of Al Jīzah with its 450 citizens is located in Egypt - some 15 mi or ( 24 km ) South of Cairo , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Saqqara

Time in Saqqara is now 10:16 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Tyre, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Tanta. Being here already, consider visiting Tyre . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Saqqara ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Visit Saqqara

3:39 min by mmsrobertson
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Visit Djoser's Step Pyramid temple complex, explore Pharaoh Teti's tomb, watch an archaeological dig in progress. ..

CUÑAO DE SAQQARA EL AUTENTICO

0:15 min by Francesc Alarcon
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El Cuñao de Saqqara en plena actuacion delante de la Piramide escalonada. y al lado de los Ahmaditos al ataque. Agosto 07. ..


Thai airways & Egyptair A340-600 ( VATSIM ) Multiplayer Mayo Raggy Design

4:00 min by Jhondinn
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EGYTHAI Free Aviation online . this is ( Mayo Ahmed Raggy design ) with graphical high details A340-600 textures 3D paints highlight . ..

Saqqara. Pirámide escalonada

1:14 min by musikilian
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Calidad HD ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Maya (Egyptian)

Maya was the Overseer of the Treasury during the reign of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, Ay and Horemheb of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He was also an important official and was noted for restoring the burials of several earlier Pharaohs in the Royal Necropolis in the years following the deaths of Tutankhamun and Ay. The statues of Maya and his wife Merit have been put on display in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, Netherlands since 1823.

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Located at 29.87 31.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt

Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum

Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum were ancient Egyptian royal servants. They shared the title of Overseer of the Manicurists in the Palace of King Niuserre during the Fifth Dynasty of Egyptian pharaohs, c. 2400 BCE, and are listed as "royal confidants" in their joint tomb.

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Located at 29.87 31.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Ancient Egyptians, Duos, Gay men, LGBT history prior to the 19th century, LGBT in Africa, LGBT in Egypt, LGBT people from Egypt, Memphis, Egypt, Tombs of ancient Egypt

Pyramid of Unas

The Pyramid Complex of Unas is located in the pyramid field at Saqqara, near Cairo in Egypt. The pyramid of Unas of the Fifth Dynasty (originally known as Beautiful are the places of Unas) is now ruined, and looks more like a small hill than a royal pyramid. It was investigated by Perring and then Lepsius, but it was Gaston Maspero who first gained entry to the chambers in 1881, where he found texts covering the walls of the burial chambers.

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Located at 29.87 31.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: 24th-century BC architecture, Ancient Egyptian pyramids, Memphis, Egypt

Gisr el-Mudir

Gisr el-Mudir, (Arabic for "enclosure of the boss") located at Saqqara in Egypt, just west of Sekhemkhet's pyramid complex, is a massive enclosure that seems to date from the Second dynasty. The structure was located in the early Twentieth century, but not investigated until the mid-1990s, when it was found to be masonry of roughly hewn limestone blocks in layers, making it the earliest known stone structure in Egypt. Its builder is unknown, but it may have been built by Khasekhemwy.

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Located at 29.87 31.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Memphis, Egypt

Pyramid of Khendjer

The Pyramid of Khendjer was built for the burial of Pharaoh Khendjer, who ruled Egypt during the 13th Dynasty.

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Located at 29.83 31.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: 18th-century BC architecture, Ancient Egyptian pyramids