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Beyond the textbook.
All of them lay along the Nile , in the north of the country.
Place
Known for
Giza
The great pyramids
Sakkara (Saqqara)
The
Step Pyramid
Memphis
An early capital of Egypt
Heliopolis
A major religious centre
Turah
Quarries that supplied stone for building
Hermopolis
An ancient temple city
- Lower Egypt is the northern part, where the Nile spreads out before meeting the Mediterranean Sea.
