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  • El Sheikh Said tombs

El Sheikh Said tombs El Minya tours, prices, booking, reviews

El Sheikh Said tombs El Minya are rock tombs which cut into the side of cliff. In fact, El Sheikh Said tombs located on the East bank of the Nile. Moreover, the tombs located a few kilometers south of Mallawi in El Minya, Egypt. Furthermore, the tombs are the officials of the 15th Upper Egyptian Nome who buried in a group there. In fact, the site named so because a Muslim holy man who also holds the same name, buried nearby. Moreover, the site is close to Dayr Al Barsha and marks the northern limits of the Amarna plain. In fact, the site features many ancient quarries. During Dynasty IV the mastabas favored by officials buried in the necropolises at Giza and Sakkara. In fact, the site tombs features a layout like that one of the mastaba.

El Sheikh Said tombs El Minya have an entrance which simulates the appearance of the earlier tombs. By Dynasty VI this development resulted in the full-blown rock-cut tomb. The tombs which cut into the steep cliff-face at the edge of the valley. These tombs were particularly prominent in Middle Egypt and other regions of the Nile Valley. In fact, the terrain was unsuitable for the construction of mastaba-style monuments. The cemetery at the site is among the earliest examples of this type of rock-cut tomb. The necropolis contains the tombs of the governors of the Hare Province. In fact, he buried during Dynasty VI, including “Chiefs of the Palace” Meru-bebi.

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Moreover, the tombs features simple structures which contain chapel. Furthermore, the structures feature a smaller inner hall and a statue or offering chamber. They usually contained one or more shafts leading to subterranean burial chambers. The capital of the 15th Upper Egyptian Nome was at El Ashmunein on the west bank of the Nile. The cemetery at El Sheikh Said indeed is important. In fact, it is because of the absence of contemporary evidence from the capital of the province.

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