A few of the Seven Wonders of Egypt

There were many artistic wonders and archeological sites in Egypt. The ancient civilization is what Egypt is most known for and some of the most famous sights and monuments in the world have been in Egypt. One of the sights to see is the Great Pyramid of Giza, located in Giza Egypt. This pyramid is one of the largest out of three, and this one is the oldest. This was built around 2560 BC over a twenty year period of time.

Abu Simbel is also another one of the Seven Wonder of Egypt and is an archaeological site made of two enormous rock temples. This is located in the Southwest of Aswan in Egypt and was also built over about a twenty-year span in the 13^th century. Of all the temples of this time when the Pharaoh Ramesses II reigned, this was considered the most beautiful.

The Saqqara is located South of Cairo in Egypt and is a huge burial ground which has the largest step pyramid in the world. Imhotep for King Djoser was the designer of this pyramid at Saqqara and this served as the cemetery during Ancient Egypt even for Memphis, the capital at the time.

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