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May 29, 2003
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Saqqara, Egypt
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1998
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Richard T. Nowitz
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The Step Pyramid complex [behind camel] was enclosed by a 30-foot [10-meter] wall and included courtyards, temples, and chapels covering nearly 40 acres [16 hectares]—the size of a large town in the third millennium B.C.
(Photographed on assignment for, but not published in "Into an Antique Land: Egypt's Greatest Hits," March 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
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