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A new beginning for Egypt's ancient capital: image gallery

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Image: Column capital from the Hathor Temple depicting the Goddess Hathor at Memphis, Egypt. Note that the remainder of the column still lies buried, awaiting excavation in the future. Photo: Bassem Ezzat, 2015
Image: Detail of a carving on the south-east face of a remaining wall block at the Hathor Temple, Memphis, Egypt. Photo: Bassem Ezzat, 2015
Image: Base of a column from the throne room of the Palace of Merenptah, Memphis, Egypt, featuring the cartouche of King Merenptah dated to the New Kingdom. Photo: Bassem Ezzat, 2015
Image: Portion of a giant column from the hypostyle hall of the Ptah Temple West Gate at Memphis, Egypt, now surrounded by water. Photo: Bassem Ezzat, 2015
Image: Field school students and instructors on the Memphis Site and Community Development Project tour the Memphis Museum, with a stop in front of the Museum’s colossal statue of King Ramses II. Photo: Amel Eweida, 2015
Image: Field school students and instructors on the Memphis Site and Community Development Project pause for a break in front of Memphis’ alabaster sphinx--what some refer to as ancient Egypt’s second greatest sphinx. Photo: Amel Eweida, 2015
Image: Field school instructor Samar Mahmoud Mohamed (centre) and students Mai Mohamed and Azmy Salama record existing features at the Memphis Museum in Egypt in preparation for the design and installation of a new tourist route around the site. Photo: Amel Eweida, 2015
Image: Remnants of a colossal statue sit alongside other material remains from the enormous Ptah Temple at Memphis, Egypt. Photo: Amel Eweida, 2015
Image: Field school students, instructors and staff tour the site of Memphis, Egypt, much of which is hidden by plant growth and rubbish. Photo: Amel Eweida, 2015
Image: Field school students, instructors and staff pose in front of a massive embalming table used to prepare ancient Egypt’s sacred Apis Bull for the afterlife. Photo: Amel Eweida, 2015
Image: Close-up of a red granite statue of King Ramses II, flanked in the background by the head of a god. Photo: Amel Eweida, 2015
Image: Giant striding statue of King Ramses II on display in the Memphis Museum, Egypt. The statue is one of the few remaining monuments at Memphis which still retains traces of the elaborate colours that once adorned the site’s grand architecture. Photo: Amel Eweida, 2015
Image: One of Memphis’ major attractions, the sphinx is one of the largest monuments ever made in alabaster, and stands today in virtually the same place it was uncovered more than 100 years ago. Photo: Bassem Ezzat, 2015
Image: Field school student Mohamed Abderhman and his colleagues present their proposed plan for a new tourist route around the Apis House, the living quarters and embalming place of ancient Egypt’s sacred Apis Bull. Photo: Amel Eweida, 2015