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    Abusir (Arabic: ابو صير  Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [æbuˈsˤiːɾ]; Egyptian pr wsjr; Coptic: ⲃⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ busiri, "the resting place of Osiris"; Ancient Greek:...
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    The Abusir Papyri are the largest papyrus findings to date from the Old Kingdom in ancient Egypt. The first papyri were discovered in 1893 at Abu Gorab...
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    Abusir Bana (Arabic: أبو صير بنا), anciently known as Busiris (Greek: Βούσιρις; Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ, ⲃⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ, romanized: pusiri, busiri, lit. 'house of Osiris')...
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    of those wonders still in existence. This site, halfway between Giza and Abusir, is the location for two unfinished Old Kingdom pyramids. The northern structure's...
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  • Abusir el-Meleq (Ar. أبو صير الملق), also Abusir el-Melek - a town and archaeological site in Egypt, located in Beni Suef (Arabic: بني سويف, romanized: Baniswēf)...
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  • Egypt, today in Giza, Egypt. It includes the pyramid complexes of Giza, Abusir, Saqqara and Dahshur, and is listed as the UNESCO World Heritage Site of...
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    further three for his father, mother and brother, all in the necropolis of Abusir. He built the largest surviving temple to the sun god Ra constructed during...
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    Abusir (Arabic: أبو صير, Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ) (also spelled Abousir and Abu Seer, known in ancient times as Taposiris Magna Greek: Ταπόσιρις Μαγνὰ) is a seaside...
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    Alexandria Pharos. Known colloquially under various names – the Pharos of Abusir, the Abusir funerary monument and Burg al-Arab (Arab's Tower) – it consists of...
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    Pyramid of Neferirkare (category Abusir)
    It was the tallest structure on the highest site at the necropolis of Abusir, found between Giza and Saqqara, and still towers over the necropolis. The...
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