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Abusir South

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: necropolis

Abusir South, located north of Saqqara, refers to an archaeological area where a large cemetery of lower-ranking officials of the Old Kingdom has been identified.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442642787

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
29.8832291844, 31.2097395019

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Abu Sir (2670 BC - 2168 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Abusir South makes connections with:

Abusir South located at Abu Sir (unspecified date range)

Abusir South receives connections from:

None

Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Gabriel Mckee, 'Abusir South: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442642787> [accessed: 17 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442642787 |title=Places: 442642787 (Abusir South) |author=Becker, J., G. Mckee |accessdate=April 17, 2024 11:44 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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