Egyptian views; The pyramids of Gizeh. Photographer [Lewis Larsson] near top of Great Pyramid

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Egyptian views; The pyramids of Gizeh. Photographer [Lewis Larsson] near top of Great Pyramid

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Photograph shows American Colony Photo Department photographer Lewis Larsson with camera, looking down from near the top of the Great Pyramid, Jizah, Egypt. Photograph was probably taken by American Colony Photo Department photographer Furman Baldwin, possibly in 1905. (Source: P. Redvall and T. Powers, 2015)

Egypt pyramids complex consists of Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu and constructed c. 2560–2540 BC), the smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren) a few hundred meters to the south-west, and the relatively modest-sized Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinos) a few hundred meters farther south-west, and the Great Sphinx that lies on the east side of the complex..

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01/01/1900
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American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer
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ʻAjūzah (Jīzah, Egypt)30.05000, 31.20000
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Library of Congress
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