Saqqara

[ suh-kahr-uh ]

noun

a village in S Egypt, S of Cairo: site of the necropolis of ancient Memphis; step pyramids; mastabas.

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Archaeologists have been digging at a site about 20 miles south of Cairo called Saqqara.
Tomb of a forgotten queen is one of several new stunning Egyptian discoveries | Laura Baisas | November 21, 2022 | Popular-Science
The evidence of such practices can be discerned from a burial chamber bas-relief in the Saqqara necropolis that depicts workers force-feeding poultry animals with food pellets.
The Delectable History of Food in Ancient Egypt | Dattatreya Mandal | November 8, 2022 | Realm of History
I was inside a burial shaft in Saqqara, the ancient necropolis roughly 19 miles south of Cairo.
In the tombs of Saqqara, new discoveries are rewriting ancient Egypt’s history | Sudarsan Raghavan | April 22, 2021 | Washington Post
In Saqqara, 17 Egyptian kings built pyramids to house their remains and possessions for what they believed was the transition to the afterlife.
In the tombs of Saqqara, new discoveries are rewriting ancient Egypt’s history | Sudarsan Raghavan | April 22, 2021 | Washington Post
The Saqqara necropolis is at once a center of the country’s aspirations and of its subterranean secrets.
In the tombs of Saqqara, new discoveries are rewriting ancient Egypt’s history | Sudarsan Raghavan | April 22, 2021 | Washington Post

So with the pyramid of Assa, who is mentioned in tablets at Saqqara, Karnak, and elsewhere.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt | Lewis Spence

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