Umm El Qaʻāb (sometimes romanised Umm El Gaʻab, Arabic: أم القعاب) is a necropolis of the Early Dynastic Period kings at Abydos, Egypt. Its modern name...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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