Funerary groups of third dynasty queens

Document Type : Original Article

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Temporary Exhibit Supervisor at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat

Abstract

In recent years, many new funerary groups of queens from the Old Kingdom (2649-2134 BC) have been discovered, especially in the cemetery of Saqqara and Abusir, one of the most important cemeteries of the city of Memphis, the capital of the old state. S. Bibi II", and groups in which no text was found referring to the names of their owners, such as: the hierarchical group of Pesius 24 in Abusir, and the hierarchical group called the Pyramid of the West in the cemetery of King "Baby I" south of Saqqara, and some of the funerary groups of queens whose name was not known from Before Nate the First, Nabo Wenet, AnnekAnti, Bahnu, and Miha, in addition to that we know the names of the queens, but we could not determine the locations of their funerary groups, including those of the queens of the Third Dynasty. Hence, there were many questions that needed answers, including: Is it possible to date the funerary groups of the queens through the architectural elements of the group’s components compared to other groups?, and was the architecture of the funerary groups of queens in the old state affected by religious or political factors, including the funerary groups of family queens The third? The research is based on theoretical, descriptive, historical, analytical and practical study.

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