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The Pyramid of Khafre, also known as the Pyramid of Chephren,[is the second-tallest and second-largest of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza and the tomb of the Fourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre (Chefren), who ruled from c. 2558 to 2532 BC. See more at: http://www.exploregypt.net/ - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Traveling to Egypt - A Journey of a Lifetime

http://www.exploregypt.net/

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Pyramids of KhafreThe Pyramid of Khafre, also known as the Pyramid of Chephren,[is the second-tallest and second-largest of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza and the tomb of the Fourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre (Chefren), who ruled from c. 2558 to 2532 BC.

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Ramses in Abu Simbel EgyptThe Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples in Abu Simbel ( سمبل in أبوArabic), a small village in Nubia, southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan. They are situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 230 km southwest of Aswan (about 300 km by road).

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Cairo Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

Cairo Museum of Egyptian AntiquitiesThe Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or Museum of Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms.

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DenderaDendera (Arabic: دندرة Dandarah; also spelled Denderah, ancient Iunet,[1] Tentyris[2][3] or Tentyra[4]) is a small town in Egypt situated on the west bank of the Nile, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Qena, on the opposite side of the river. It is located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Luxor.

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Karnak & Luxor TemplesThe Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings. Building at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period, although most of the extant buildings date from the New Kingdom.

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Valley of the Kings

The Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Gates of the Kings is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt).The valley stands on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (modern Luxor), within the heart of the Theban Necropolis.[

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