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Saqqara

village in Giza Governorate, Egypt

Egypt · 29.8500, 31.2333

Saqqara is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 2 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

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Saqqara
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Saqqara as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Saqqara?

2 productions are recorded as filmed in Saqqara, including The Ten Commandments (1956) and Baraka (1992). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Saqqara?

The Ten Commandments (1956), covered by 51 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Saqqara?

Saqqara is in Egypt. Its coordinates are 29.8500, 31.2333.

What other filming locations are near Saqqara?

Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet el'Aryan (13 km north-west), Giza (15 km north), The Great Sphinx (17 km north-west), Egyptian pyramids (17 km north-west) and 2 more — all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.