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Serdab

Egypt / Giseh / al-Hhawamidiyah /
A slightly tilted wooden box with two holes drilled through it. Look through these to find the life-like statue of Zoser himself staring at you.
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Coordinates:   29°52'18"N   31°13'1"E

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  • traveler (guest)
    The holes allow Dzoser to look at the polar (unmoving) star from his tomb. Polaris was not the polar star in Dzoser's day, like it is today.
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