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Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)
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Great Sphinx of Tanis
Great Sphinx of Tanis; in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Ruins of ancient Tanis, Egypt.
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Tanis, important ancient Egyptian city until about 700 bce.
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