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Helwan necropolis

a Pleiades place resource

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Burial site on the east bank of the Nile (opposite Saqqara) containing over 100 burials dated to the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom periods.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/818039726

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
29.8835905399, 31.295443074

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Helwan necropolis (2950 BC - 2168 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

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Helwan necropolis receives connections from:

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Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

References:

See Further:

Köhler 2014

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, 'Helwan necropolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/818039726> [accessed: 20 March 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/818039726 |title=Places: 818039726 (Helwan necropolis) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=March 20, 2025 11:49 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Helwan necropolis