Predynastic cemetery site approximately 8 miles north of Abydos. A small settlement was built on the site in the Early Dynastic period.
el-Mahasna
Pleiades
el-Mahasna
Predynastic cemetery site approximately 8 miles north of Abydos. A small settlement was built on the site in the Early Dynastic period.
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المحاسنة
Ayrton 1911
AofE el-Mahasna
Ayrton 1908
The Early Dynastic period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-2950, -2670]]
Early Dynastic Egypt (2950-2670 BCE/BC)
Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]
Modern (AD 1700-Present)
-4500
OpenStreetMap (Node 8792622445, version 1, osm:changeset=105733717, 2021-06-02T17:53:51Z)
-2670
OSM location of al-Maḥāsna
The predynastic period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-4500, -2950]]
Predynastic Egypt (4500-2950 BCE/BC)
Point representing the location of the Predynastic cemetery and Early Dynastic settlement at al-Maḥāsna, derived from an OpenStreetMap Node after AofE.
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AofE el-Mahasna
OSM Node 8792622445
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
settlement
1700
المحاسنة
Pleiades
2100
al-Maḥāsna
el-Maḥāsna
El Mahâsna
al-Maḥāsna
Arabic name of the site.
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AofE el-Mahasna
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis