• The Memphite Necropolis (or Pyramid Fields) is a series of ancient Egyptian funerary complexes occupying a 30-kilometer (19 mi) stretch on the Western...
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    Saqqara (redirect from Saqqara necropolis)
    to the far north comprise the Pyramid Fields of Memphis, or the Memphite Necropolis, which was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979...
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    (19 mi) on its west, including the famous Pyramids of Giza, Memphis and its necropolis have been listed as a World Heritage Site. The site is open to the public...
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    and in Greek, Sokaris or Socharis) is a hawk or falcon god of the Memphite necropolis in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was known as a patron of the...
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    Dahshur (redirect from Dahshur necropolis)
    (BWh) according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system. Memphite Necropolis List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities List of ancient Egyptian...
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    buried under modern villages, its royal tombs and pyramids, the Memphite Necropolis, is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. The city is home to the...
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    Abusir (section Necropolis)
    classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh), as the rest of Egypt. Memphite Necropolis List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities List of ancient Egyptian...
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    Qebehsenuef, one of the four sons of Horus Seker, a falcon god of the Memphite necropolis who was known as a patron of the living, as well as a god of the...
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    Kush Sed – A jackal deity who protected kingship Seker – God of the Memphite Necropolis and of the afterlife in general Sekhemus – God of the fourth hour...
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    Hellenization of "Osiris-Apis". Osiris-Apis was a patron deity of the Memphite Necropolis and the father of the Apis bull who was worshipped there, and texts...
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    materials from this site are: Casing stones for 4th-6th dynasty pyramids Memphite necropolis in the 12th dynasty Umm es-Sawan is located on Gevel el-Qatrani,...
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    (5.0 mi) to the north of Giza. It is the northernmost part of the Memphite necropolis. While Egyptologists previously assumed that his pyramid at this...
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    "Hathor of the Sycamore" was worshipped at many sites throughout the Memphite Necropolis. During the New Kingdom era, the temple of Hathor of the Southern...
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  • el-Muqdam") Naukratis (Modern: "el-Gi'eif", "el-Niqrash", "el-Nibeira") Memphite Necropolis (Memphis) Abu Ghurab Abusir (Busiris) Pyramid of Neferefre Pyramid...
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  • to be associated with Seker, the falcon god of the Memphite Necropolis, then with Ptah, the Memphite patron god of craftsmen. Ptah was often referred to...
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    V.; Stuart, A.J.; Demarée, C. (eds.). Imaging and Imagining the Memphite Necropolis. Liber Amicorum René van Walsem (PDF). Egyptologische Uitgaven. Vol...
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  • original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2018. "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur". UNESCO World Heritage Centre...
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    uraeus. As reported by Plutarch, the Mnevis bull was second only to the Memphite Apis bull in importance. Similarly to the Apis bull, the Mnevis bull's...
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  • Catholic titular see Abusir, "Busiris of Middle Egypt"), part of the Memphite Necropolis Busiris (Aphroditopolis), an ancient city of Middle Egypt southwest...
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    his particular aspects or through syncretism of ancient deities of the Memphite region. Sometimes represented as a dwarf, naked and deformed, his popularity...
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    Re-Horus (for Ra-Horakhty). The cults of these gods were based in the Memphite necropolis, not in Avaris. Other objects which suffered the same fate include...
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    first pharaoh to build a dedicated temple to the sun god Ra in the Memphite necropolis north of Abusir, on a promontory on the desert edge just south of...
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    Tutankhamun, before Horemheb ruled as pharaoh. Amenia was buried in the Memphite tomb of Horemheb in the upper suite in shaft IV, alongside his second wife...
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  • Meleager (general) Mémoires sur l'Égypte Memphis, Egypt Memphite Formula Memphite Necropolis Menander (general) Menat Mendes Menedemus (general) Menelaus...
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    21698889°E / 29.86611000; 31.21698889 The Memphite Tomb of Horemheb is located in the Saqqara necropolis, near Memphis, Egypt. It was constructed before...
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    Theban Tomb TT52 is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place...
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    Tomb of Tia and Tia: Royal Monument of the Ramesside Period in the Memphite Necropolis, London 1993, ISBN 9780856981210 Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions...
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    age of the Pharaonic monarchy, splendid necropolises made up of mastabas were organized around the Memphite pyramids. These places of eternity allowed...
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    (2014). "Quelques documents de la région memphite relatifs au taureau Apis" [Some documents from the Memphite Region relating to the Apis bull]. BIFAO...
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  • Leiden to The New Kingdom Necropolis at Saqqara directed by Geoffrey Martin, which excavated, among others, the Memphite tombs of Horemheb, Maya, and...
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