Umm El Qaʻāb (sometimes romanised Umm El Gaʻab, Arabic: أم القعاب) is an archaeological site located at Abydos, Egypt. Its modern name, meaning "Mother...
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Abydos, Egypt (section Umm El Qa'ab)
sacred city of Abydos was the site of many ancient temples, including Umm el-Qa'ab, a royal necropolis where early pharaohs were entombed. These tombs began...
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Narmer (section Nag el-Hamdulab)
either theory. Two necropolis sealings, found in 1985 and 1991 in Abydos (Umm el-Qa'ab), in or near the tombs of Den and Qa'a, show Narmer as the first king...
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site Umm an Nasan, an island Umm as Sabaan, an islet Umm Kulthum Museum, in Old Cairo Umm Naggat mine Umm El Qa'ab, a necropolis Zawyet Umm El Rakham...
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at Shunet el-Zebib. These tombs are dated to the time of Merneith. Merneith's name was found on objects in king Djer's tomb in Umm el-Qa'ab. At Abydos...
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is located nearly one mile from the early dynastic royal cemetery of Umm El Qa'ab. The University of Pennsylvania Museum and Yale University Expedition...
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over Thinis in the first half of the 32nd century BC and was buried at Umm el-Qa'ab. He most likely was the immediate successor to Iry-Hor and was succeeded...
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name, it is mainly known from ivory tablets from the Abydos tomb U-j of Umm El Qa'ab and from a rock carving on the Gebel Tjauti mountain. Egyptologist Günter...
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controlled parts of the Nile Delta. He was buried in the royal cemetery of Umm el-Qa'ab near Ka, Narmer and the First Dynasty kings. Iry-Hor's name appears on...
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the double crown (red and white). Notably, the floor of his tomb at Umm El Qa'ab, near Abydos, was constructed using red and black granite, making it...
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Way, Thomas (1997), "Zur Datierung des "Labyrinth-Gebäudes" auf dem Tell el-Fara'in (Buto)", Göttinger Miszellen, 157: 107–111 Wolfgang Helck: Untersuchungen...
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preserved in the inscriptions in the tomb U-j of King Scorpion I in Umm el-Qa'ab.[better source needed] Kühn, Thomas (2001). "The Origin of Egyptian Writing...
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Ancient: "Per-Medjed") Sharuna Tuna el-Gebel Abydos (Ancient: "Abedju") el-'Araba el Madfuna Kom el-Sultan Umm el-Qa'ab Shunet ez Zebib Osireion Apollinopolis...
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Serethor was a wife of the King Den. She is known from a funerary stela in Umm El Qa'ab, which is now in the Musée du Louvre, but no titles have been preserved...
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(possibly) Djer (possibly) Royal titulary Burial Umm El Qa'ab chambers B17 and B18 (Narmer’s burial) Umm El Qa'ab chambers B10/B15/B19 (Hor-Aha’s burial) Dynasty...
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(Naqada IIIA period, c. 33rd century BC) recovered at Abydos (modern Umm el-Qa'ab) in 1998 or the Narmer Palette (c. 31st century BC). The first full sentence...
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(Naqada IIIA period, c. 32nd century BC) recovered at Abydos (modern Umm el-Qa'ab) in 1998 or the Narmer Palette, dating to c. 3100 BC, and several recent...
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aforementioned graffito in Seti I's Abydos temple, an ostracon from Umm el-Qa'ab, an affiliation at Karnak and his presumed burial – which consists of...
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Abusir Bagawat Dahshur Giza Necropolis Qubbet el-Hawa Saqqara Siwa Oasis Theban Necropolis Umm el-Qa'ab Minya Alyscamps Civaux Père Lachaise Cemetery...
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goddess Neith. The First Dynasty pharaoh Djet was buried in tomb Z in Umm el-Qa'ab and there is a stele bearing Ahaneith's name in that tomb. The stele...
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ez Zebib) and was buried there in the necropolis at Umm el-Qa'ab. He may also have built the Gisr el-Mudir at Saqqara. An inscription on a stone vase records...
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mother or grandmother. The evidence for Djer's life and reign is: Tomb in Umm el-Qa'ab, Abydos Seal prints from graves 2185 and 3471 in Saqqara Inscriptions...
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ruling all of Egypt. The Thinite kings were buried at Abydos in the Umm el-Qa'ab cemetery.[citation needed] Early Egyptologists such as Flinders Petrie...
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hunting scene confronting a rat-like rodent. A tomb at the necropolis Umm El Qa'ab contained 17 cat skeletons dating to the early 20th century BC. Next...
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inscription. Map of Anedjib's tomb in the Umm el-Qa'ab. Eva-Maria Engel. "The Royal Tombs at Umm el-Qa'ab," In: Archeo-Nil 18 (2008), p. 39. William...
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remains of seven mostly subadult lions were excavated at the necropolis Umm El Qa'ab in a tomb of Hor-Aha, dated to the 31st century BC. In 2001, the skeleton...
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double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Discovered in the tomb of Den at Umm El Qa'ab, now in the Egyptian Museum Pharaoh Ptolemy VIII between the goddesses...
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Ro-Peker , probably located in the burial area known by the modern name of Umm El Qa'ab. During the Middle Kingdom, a historical period spanning the 11th and...
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to the area of El-Ayait, which places modern-day Cairo in Lower Egypt. The northern (downriver) part of Upper Egypt, between Sohag and El-Ayait, is also...
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The famous stela of King Djet which once stood next to his tomb in the Umm el-Qa'ab, Louvre Museum. Pharaoh Reign 10 years, c. 2980 BC Predecessor Djer Successor...
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