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The Pyramids of Egypt Saqqara, Dahshur,
Giza Allen Scarboro Photographed 2004-2005
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Alabaster Sphinx, Memphis
The Pharaoh Narmer united Upper and Lower Egypt
into the Kingdom of the Two Lands approximately
3100 BCE. He founded Memphis as his capitol it
remained a center of Egyptian life until the 7th
century CE.
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Ramses II, Memphis
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Ramses II, torso, Memphis
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Near Dahshur
The setting The Pharaohs would have seen scenes
much like this as they crossed to the Niles West
Bank, the place of death, burial and rebirth
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Near Dahshur
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Saqqara was the burial ground for ancient Memphis
for more than 3500 years. Eleven major pyramids
hold sentinel in the Western Desert at Saqqara.
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Saqqara, Step Pyramid of Zoser, 2650 BCE
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Zoser, Saqqara
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Zoser, Saqqara The worlds oldest existing stone
monument rises 180 feet above the desert floor
and the funerary temples that surround it.
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Zoser
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Entrance Court, Zoser
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Hypostyle Hall, Entry Court, Zoser, Saqqara
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Cobras, Zoser,Saqqara
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Zoser from Hypostyle Hall
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Temple, Zoser
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South Court, Zoser
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Zoser
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Zoser, Close-up
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Zoser
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Zoser
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Non-Royal Tombs at Saqqara
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Pit Burial, Saqqara
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Tomb of a Noble, Saqqara
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In Tomb of a Noble, Saqqara
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Tomb of Noble, Saqqara
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Tomb of Noble, Saqqara
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Tomb of a Noble, Saqqara
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Tomb of Noble, Saqqara
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Saqqara, Hieroglyphs
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Pyramid of Unas (2375 BCE), Saqqara. The interior
chamber is decorated with the Pyramid Texts,
spells to protect the Pharaoh.
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Unas (130 feet high)
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Pyramid of Userkaf, Saqqara
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Dahshur About 6 miles south of Saqqara, Dahshur
contained eleven pyramids, although only two
remain in good shape.
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Dahshur
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Sneferus Bent Pyramid (2613 BCE, 315 feet
tall). Photo taken from Sneferus Red
Pyramid Dahshur
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Bent Pyramid
An attempt to build at a 54-degree angle (the
same as Zosers Step pyramid, the builders
found that the angle was unstable and reduced it
for the upper part.
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Bent Pyramid
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Sneferu (Red Pyramid), Dahshur, 2613 BCE
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Red Pyramid. The first successful true
pyramidwith sloping rather than step sides. A
125-step, 190-foot long entrance ramp leads deep
into the pyramid to 36-foot high burial chambers.
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Inside Tomb Chamber (45 feet high) Sneferus
Pyramid, Dahshur
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Amenemhat III (Black Pyramid), 1808 BCE, Dahshur
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Amenemhat III, 1808 BCE, Dahshur
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The Pyramids at Giza have marked the desert west
of the branching of the Nile into its delta for
more than 4500 years. The Pyramids mark as
well the belief of the ancient Egyptians in
eternal life and their desire for eternal homes
in tune with the cosmos. The Pyramids connect
earth and sky as well as the homes of worlds
mortal and divine.
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Giza from the Mosque of Mehmet Ali
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Approaching Giza
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Three great pyramids of Giza Khufu (2570 BCE),
445 feet Khafre, 405 feet Menkaure, 190 feet high
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Climbing Khufu, Giza
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Chainsaw and Me at Giza
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Khufu
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Khufu and Womens Pyramids
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Khufu behind Khafre
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Khafre
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Giza Cop
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Pyramids of the Queens, Giza
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Mothers Tomb, Giza
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Hungry at Giza?
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Cairo from Giza
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Abu al-Hol and Khafre
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Abu al-Hol and Khafre
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Abu al-Hol
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Abu al-Hol at Giza
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Abu al-Hol
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Thebes The southern Egyptian town of Thebes has
been inhabited for at least 6000 years, but only
under the Pharaoh Montuhotep II (2055-2004 BCE)
did Thebes become a major ritual and
administrative center for the Kingdom of the Two
Lands. From that time forward, the site of
pharaonic burials shifted from the pyramids of
the West Bank at Memphis to the West Bank area
across the Nile from Thebes. Thebes is today
known as Luxor, after the Muslim name for the
village Al-Uqsur, the Palaces.
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Looking West, across the Nile, from Luxor
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Valley of the Kings, West Bank, Luxor (after 1504
BCE)
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Al-Qurn, Valley of the Kings