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2017
At the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site, for the last fifty years, of an extensive operation to discover its past.
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At the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site, for the last fifty years, of an extensive operation to discover its past.
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2017
This chapter focuses on South Abusir, the southern section of the Czech archaeological concession in the Memphite necropolis. It first describes the Valley of Abusir, which is supposed to have been the easiest access way to the Saqqara cemetery, and how the North Saqqara escarpment and the Lake of Abusir not only dominated but also helped shape the ...
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This chapter focuses on South Abusir, the southern section of the Czech archaeological concession in the Memphite necropolis. It first describes the Valley of Abusir, which is supposed to have been the easiest access way to the Saqqara cemetery, and how the North Saqqara escarpment and the Lake of Abusir not only dominated but also helped shape the ...
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The Shaft Tomb of Menekhibnekau at Abusir – Season of 2007
Zeitschrift Fuer Aegyptische Sprache Und Altertumskunde, 2008AbstractDuring the spring season of 2007, the burial chamber (built of large white limestone ashlars and vaulted inside) has been unearthed at the bottom of the main shaft in the Late Period tomb of Menekhibnekau. The inner sides of the chamber, as well as the sides of the outer and inner sarcophagi (made of white limestone and greywacke respectively ...
Ladislav Bares, Renata Landgráfová
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2017
This chapter examines the influence of the town of Heliopolis—the center of the sun cult in Egypt—on the foundation and development of the royal cemetery in Abusir. It begins with an overview of the history and meaning of the sun cult in ancient Egypt, showing that sun worship in the Nile Valley can be traced to prehistory.
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This chapter examines the influence of the town of Heliopolis—the center of the sun cult in Egypt—on the foundation and development of the royal cemetery in Abusir. It begins with an overview of the history and meaning of the sun cult in ancient Egypt, showing that sun worship in the Nile Valley can be traced to prehistory.
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Foundation Deposits in the Tomb of Udjahorresnet at Abusir
Zeitschrift Fuer Aegyptische Sprache Und Altertumskunde, 1996Etude et interpretation d'un depot de fondation mis au jour dans l'angle nord-ouest de l'enceinte de la tombe d'Oudjahorresnet a Abousir, datant de la XXVIe dynastie, dont l'importance est sans doute proportionnelle a la situation de ce fonctionnaire militaire et repose la question de l'existence d'un culte dedie a ce ...
Ladislav Bares
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The Shaft Tomb of Menekhibnekau at Abusir Season of 2008
Zeitschrift Fuer Aegyptische Sprache Und Altertumskunde, 2010Abstract During the autumn season of 2008, the epigraphic work and photographic documentation of the relief decoration in the burial chamber of Menekhibnekau (uncovered in April 2007) continued, together with the cleaning and conservation of its side walls.
Ladislav Bares, Renata Landgráfová
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The shaft tomb of Iufaa at Abusir in 2001
Zeitschrift Fuer Aegyptische Sprache Und Altertumskunde, 2002In Spring 2001, a rather vast complex of rooms, dug in the tafl bedrock and originally vaulted, was unearthed in front of the eastern facade of the main shaft in the tomb. Most probably, this complex served the funerary cult of the tomb owner. Thus, for the first time, the cult installations are archaeologically attested in any of the Late Period shaft
Ladislav Bares, Eugen Strouhal
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A Late Dynasty 5 Cemetery at Abusir
Zeitschrift Fuer Aegyptische Sprache Und Altertumskunde, 1990Miroslav Verner
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