User:Mav/Gallery/Egypt

Photos from my trip to Egypt in July 2008

Tourist policemen on camel in front of the Red Pyramid at Dahshur

Panoramas

Sphinx panorama

Step Pyramid and Great South Court panorama

Alexandria

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  Citadel of Qaitbay from the Corniche
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  Corniche with crashing wave
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  Montaza Palace
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  Montaza Palace garden
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  Montaza Palace garden
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  Farouk Bridge

Pompey's Pillar

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  Pompey's Pillar with two sphinx
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  Sphinxes
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  Pompey's Pillar
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  Underground
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  underground room
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  Ruins
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  Pompey's Pillar with sphinx

Roman Amphitheater

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  Arches
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  Ruins around amphitheater
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  Roman Amphitheater

Cairo

Coptic Cairo

Church of Saint Barbara

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  Church of Saint Barbara
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  Inside the Church of Saint Barbara
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  Pulpit in the Church of Saint Barbara
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  Coptic tombs behind Church of Saint Barbara

Hanging Church

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  Hanging Church from courtyard
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  Inside the Hanging Churh
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  Furniture with artwork inside the Hanging Church
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  Front area inside Hanging Church
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  Hanging Church pulpit
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  Hanging Church courtyard
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  Tile mural in the Hanging Church courtyard showing holy family traveling
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  Hanging Church entrance
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  Hanging Church entrance wall
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  Tile mural in the Hanging Church courtyard
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  Interior wall in the Hanging Church

Roman Tower

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  Roman Tower from Hanging Church
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  Roman Tower
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  Roman Tower
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  Artwork near main entrance
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  Wall detail

Misc

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  Ben Ezra Synagogue
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  Entrance to Church of Saint George
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  Church of Saint George from outside
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  Nunnery of Saint George door

Islamic Cairo

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  Al Azhar Mosque and University
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  Front of Al Azhar Mosque and University
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  Al Azhar Mosque and University entrance
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  Qibla alcove in Al-Azhar Mosque
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  Al-Azhar Mosque courtyard with minarets
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  Al-Azhar Mosque courtyard
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  Al-Azhar Mosque prayer hall
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  Al-Azhar Mosque courtyard
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  Al Azhar Mosque and University central courtyard
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  Al Azhar Mosque and University study hall
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  Tomb inside Al Azhar Mosque
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  Chandelier in prayer hall
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  Interior gate near women only area
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  Entrance to women only area
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  Office inside Al Azhar Mosque and University
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  Interior of dome
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  Khan al Khalili shops
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  Cemetey in Islamic Cairo

Nile, other districts and hotels

Nile

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  Sailboat on The Nile
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  Nile from 10th floor of Semiramis InterContinental Hotel Cairo

Downtown

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  Talaat Harb Square
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  Egypt Free Shops on Talaat Harb St
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  Golden Hotel on Talaat Harb St
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  McDonald's on Talaat Harb St
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  National Bank of Egypt on Talaat Harb St
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  Talaat Harb St

Gezira

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  Cario Tower at night
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  Gezira as seen from Garden City with Qasr Al-Nil Bridge in foreground with morning haze/smog

Heliopolis

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  Entrance to 1973 October War Panorama
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  1973 October War Panorama
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  Baron Palace - wide view
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  Baron Palace

Western hotels

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  Four Seasons Hotel from the Nile
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  Bathroom in suite at Semiramis InterContinental Hotel Cairo
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  Sitting room in suite at Semiramis InterContinental Hotel Cairo
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  Suite at Semiramis InterContinental Hotel Cairo
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  Hyatt from the Nile

Dahshur

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  Bent Pyramid
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  Bent Pyramid - zoom
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  Pyramid of Amenemhet III
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  Tourist policemen on camel in front of Red Pyramid
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  Red Pyramid from road

Egyptian Museum

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  Front view of museum with wide angle lens
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  Oblique front wide view
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  Damaged statue of Hathor
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  Damaged black rock statue
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  Damaged statue
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  Damaged statues
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  Hieroglyph with cartouche
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  Lotus flower in front pond
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  Lotus petal in front pond
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  Pond in front
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  Pyramid
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  Sphinx
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  Statue of trio of figures
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  Damaged statue of sitting figure
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  Statue of Hathor with head dress
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  Damaged staute of mother and child
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  Hieroglyph column
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  Papyrus in front pond
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  Partial hieroglyphic slab
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  Sarcophagi

Giza Plateau

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  Camel area
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  Camels being led to the pyramids

Great Sphinx

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  Sphinx panorama
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  Front view of Great Sphinx
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  Side closeup of Great Sphinx's head
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  Inside temple of the Great Sphinx
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  Side view of the Great Sphinx
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  Vender selling to tourists next to the Great Sphinx
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  Statue bases in the Great Sphinx temple
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  Great Sphinx with Pyramid of Khafre in background

Pyramids

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  Giza Pyramids from overlook
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  Great Pyramid - wide angle
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  Great Pyramid
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  Horse carriages in front of Queen's Pyramids
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  Pyramid of Khafre with Village of Nazlet el-Samman in foreground
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  Pyramid of Khafre
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  Pyramid of Menkaure

Memphis museum

Courtyard

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  Museum yard
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  Back courtyard of museum

Statues

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  Damaged double statue of Ramses II
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  Large statue in back courtyard
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  Back left side view of large statue of Ramses II
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  Large statue of Ramses II
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  Head of Goddes Hathor in limestone
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  Lower half of a statue of Ptah in alabaster
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  Lower half of a statue of Ptah in basalt
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  Partial figure in stone
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  Statue with hieroglyphics

Funerary

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  Funeral scene in hieroglyphics
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  Mummification Bed in alabaster
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  New Kingdom sarcophagus in granite
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  New Kingdom base of column in limestone
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  Sarcophagus of Amenhotep

Sphinx

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  Sphinx of Memphis
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  Front left view of Sphinx of Memphis
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  Right side view of Sphinx of Memphis

Other

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  False Door in limestone
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  Hieroglyphics
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  Hieroglyphics on curved surface

Ramses Colossus room

Colossus

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  Ramses Colossus from above showing whole statue
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  Ramses Colossus from second level of museum
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  Ramses Colossus showing bottom and legs
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  Ramses Colossus showing unfinished arm
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  Hieroglyphics on Ramses Colossus

Other

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  Capital
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  Damaged freeze
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  Damaged statue
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  Hieroglyphic panel with cartouche
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  Hieroglyphic panel

Saqqara

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  Step Pyramid and Great South Court panorama
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  Limestone shard

Pyramid of Djoser

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  Pyramid from the Great Court
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  Closeup
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  Active restoration efforts on Pyramid of Djoser
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  Closeup of partially restored wall
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  Stonework on pyramid
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  Expanded side area
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  Oblique view of partially restored wall
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  No entry area

Mortuary temple

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  Entrance to mortuary temple
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  Closeup of mortuary temple wall
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  Closeup of stonework
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  Hypostyle hall
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  Hypostyle hall from the Great Court
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  Hypostyle hall complete columns
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  Statue base in Hypostyle hall
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  Mortuary temple columns
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  Wide angle close upshot of mortuary temple wall

Heb-sed Court

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  Heb-sed Court from the Great Court
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  Heb-sed Court
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  Heb-sed Court
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  18th and 19th Dynasty graffiti in the Southern Pavilion
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  18th and 19th Dynasty graffiti in the Southern Pavilion
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  3 unfinished Osirian statues
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  4 sets of feet of statues
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  Chapel
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  Southern Pavilion