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The Pyramid of Queen Setibhor at South Saqqara
Études et Travaux (Institute des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences), 2022 This paper aims to present the preliminary results of the 2021 season of the Djedkare Project mission (DJP), which is dedicated to the exploration and documentation of Djedkare’s royal cemetery at south Saqqara.
Mohamed Megahed, Hana Vymazalová
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The False Door of Nit-£nmw from South Saqqara [PDF]
Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2022 [Ar] الباب الوهمى لـNit-£nmwمن سقارة القبلية تتناول هذة الورقة البحثية نشرًا علميًا كاملًا لأحد الأبواب الوهمية التى كانت محفوظة بالمتحف المصرى بالتحرير، وهو ...
Ahmed Abdelmoniem
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The Legacy of Prince Khaemwaset at Saqqara
Heritage, 2022 Saqqara in particular, and the Memphite necropolis in general, constituted the arena for the prolific and significant monumental self-presentations of Prince Khaemwaset, fourth son of King Ramesses II (c. 1279–1213 BCE).
Campbell Price
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The Leiden-Turin Excavations at Saqqara
Heritage, 2022 This article highlights the history of almost 50 years of Leiden archaeological work at Saqqara, in the cemetery south of the Unas causeway, and places the recent findings of the current Leiden-Turin Expedition within a broader historical context, both ...
Lara Weiss, Christian Greco
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Heritage, 2022 The Memphite Necropolis of Saqqara is situated approximately 20 km south of modern Cairo on a plateau at the edge of the western desert and was in use as a funerary site for a period of nearly three and a half millennia.
Scott Williams
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On the possible use of hydraulic force to assist with building the step pyramid of saqqara. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt, is considered the oldest of the seven monumental pyramids built about 4,500 years ago. From transdisciplinary analysis, it was discovered that a hydraulic lift may have been used to build the pyramid.
Xavier Landreau +9 more
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Selected secondary burials as evidence of later activities at the tomb of Khuwy at South Saqqara [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2021 In 2019, during the excavations of the Egyptian mission at the funerary complex of the Fifth Dynasty King Djedkare (reign ca. 2381–2353 BC) at South Saqqara, Mohamed Megahed and his team revealed the painted tomb of the high ranking Old Kingdom dignitary
Hana Vymazalová +3 more
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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2020 Fieldwork of the Polish–Egyptian Mission to Saqqara in the 2020 season continued on the eastern bank of the Dry Moat, resulting in the discovery of a rock-cut structure directly south of Corridor 1.
Kamil O. Kuraszkiewicz +2 more
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THE DISCOVERY OF THE SARCOPHAGUS OF DJOSER AND THE RESTORATION OF THE STEP PYRAMID [PDF]
Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2021 [Ar] اكتشاف تابوت الملك زوسر وترميم الهرم المدرج يعد هرم الملك نتري خت المدرج والمعروف أيضًا باسم زوسر، أقدم بناء حجري ضخم في مصر.
Zahi Hawass
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No “painting by numbers”. Khuwy’s polychrome wall decoration at Djedkare’s royal cemetery [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2021 The mastaba of Khuwy at the Djedkare’s royal cemetery at South Saqqara is one of the earliest attested decorated burial chambers. The very well preserved wall paintings on low relief in the antechamber of the substructure bear testimony to the high ...
Gabriele Pieke
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