Unas causeway, Saqqara, Egypt
Gateway at the beginning of the Unas causeway, linking the mortuary pyramid of Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, built c. 2345 BC, to his valley temple, at Saqqara, Egypt. The causeway is 720-750m long and built of stone with a roof and walls covered with reliefs. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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