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'City of Tombs, Looking towards Sakkara, Cairo', Egypt, 1863. Saqqara ia a vast Ancient Egyptian burial ground. Although from the 26th century BC royal burials took place at Giza and later in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes, Saqqara continued to be used for more minor burials until Roman times. From the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.