SAKKARA

säkäˈrä, necropolis (burial place) of ancient Memphis, Egypt, 3 mi (5 km) from the Nile and on the border of the Libyan desert. Zoser had his famous step-pyramid, a precursor of the familiar straight-sided pyramid, built there in the III dynasty, and on the grounds are many pyramids that date from the V and VI dynasties. The Serapeum, burial place of the Apis bulls, dates from the later period. The oldest dated papyrus (VI dynasty) was discovered there in 1893.

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books on: Sakkara  - 115 results

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1.
The Tomb of Perneb
Book; The Gilliss Press, 1916
Subjects: *Saqq*Arah (Egypt)--Tombs
...ASCERTAINED IN THE WORK OF REMOVING IT FROM SAKKARA FOR RE-ERECTION IN THE MUSEUM. BY ALBERT...Fig. 2. Map of Sakkara cemetery showing position of tomb...Fig. 27. Train ready to leave Sakkara 41...
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The Pyramids of Egypt
Book by I. E. S. Edwards; Penguin Books, 1955
Subjects: Pyramids
...Step Pyramid, south and west sides. Sakkara. 3A. . Limestone relief of Zoser performing a religious ceremony. Sakkara. From C. M. Firth and J. E. Quibell...Step Pyramid, entrance colonnade. Sakkara. From J.-P. Lauer , "La Pyramide...
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The Art of Egypt: The Time of the Pharaohs
Book by Irmgard Woldering; Greystone Press, 1963
Subjects: Art, Egyptian--History
...Meidum 75 . Giza 75 . Sakkara 76 . Nomarchs tombs 77...Reliefs on royal monuments 96 . Sakkara 96 . Reliefs from the VIth...Limestone relief: fording a river. Sakkara 22. King...
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The Ancient History of the Near East: From the Earliest Times to the Battle of Salamis
Book by H. R. Hall; Methuen, 1913
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient, History, Ancient
...122 2. Pyramid of Tjeser, Sakkara 122 3. Mastabat al-Faraun, Sakkara 122 4. Haram al-Kaddab, Dahshur...little use; while those of Abydos and Sakkara, 1 of the reigns of Seti I and Rameses...
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The Foundations of Classic Architecture
Book by Herbert Langford, A. M. Warren; Macmillan, 1919
Subjects: Architecture, Classical
...are still to be seen in the Serapaeum at Sakkara, and produced the curious cemeteries...Gizeh is a continuous slope, in those of Sakkara it is formed by vertical steps of stone...especially those of the sixth dynasty at Sakkara, have numerous halls and chambers like...
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journal articles on: Sakkara  - 4 results

 
 
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Manners and Myths in the Novels of P. H. Newby
Journal article by Stanley Poss; Critique, Vol. 12, 1970
Subjects: Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism
...The Retreat 1953; The Picnic at Sakkara , 1955; Revo lution and Roses...Silence and The Retreat , The Picnic at Sakkara , and The Barbary Light , form a volume...political comedies" ( The Picnic at Sakkara , Revolution and Roses , A Guest and...
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Village Deities of Tamil Nadu in Myths and Legends: The Narrated Experience
Journal article by Ulo Valk, S. Lourdusamy; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 66, 2007
Subjects: Folk literature--Religious aspects, Folklore--Religious aspects, Tamil Nadu, India--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Worship--Case studies
...and establish the rules of peoples interaction with deities. Sakkara is the pujari of Aiyanar temple in the village of Agaram. He...of the myth, see MASILAMANI-MEYER 2004, 19-22. (5.) Told by Sakkara, a forty-five-year-old pujari of Aiyanar temple in Agaram village...
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Pabsts Umfunktionierter Paracelsus
Journal article by Eric Rentschler; Germanic Review, Vol. 66, 1991
Subjects: Germanic Philology
...Pisaner Tagebuch: Aufzeichnungen, Briefe , Hg. Paul Egon Hubinger (Heidelberg, 1962), S. 328. Vgl. das Urteil von Michele Sakkara in Die grosse Zeit des deutschen Films 1933-1945: Zeitgeschichte im Bild (Leoni am Starnberger See: Druffel, 1980): "Der...
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The Study of the Human Remains from Nubia: the Contribution of Grafton Elliot Smith and His Colleagues to Palaeopathology
Journal article by H. A. Waldron; Medical History, Vol. 44, 2000
Subjects: G Elliot Smith
...he had anticipated. In addition to the Nubian material, he also completed his examination of the royal mummies and visited Sakkara to examine material which had been excavated from the mastaba tombs of the end of the Second and beginning of the Third Dynasties...


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magazine articles on: Sakkara  - 3 results

 
 
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Africa's 1000 Top Companies
Magazine article by Anver Versi; African Business, April 2006
Subjects: Investment banks--Analysis, Investment banks--Evaluation, Investment banks--Statistics
...SANITARY Egypt Construction 938 ALKAN PHARMA Egypt Health 939 SAKKARA TOURISM Egypt Leisure 940 LONGMAN NIGERIA Nigeria Media...
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Visions of Antiquity
Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 74, January 2002
Subjects: Photographers--Biography, Photography--Developing and developers, Sacred space--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...first apply for a permit, as numbers are limited to protect the fragile environment ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Caption: ABOVE: Sakkara, Egypt, 1985. The mighty pyramid of Zozer, built around 5,000 years ago, stands at the centre of a sprawling cemetery dedicated...
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Pure, White and Deadly? A Bitter-Sweet Story
Magazine article; African Business, July 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Sugar : The Grass that Changed the World (Book)--Book reviews
...quality called sitopala. And it is to India that we owe our word for sugar. The Sanskrit word carkara was derived from the Pakrit sakkara meaning sand or gravel, later becoming sukkur in Arabic. Over the centuries sugar was carried both to China and Japan by Indian...


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newspaper articles on: Sakkara  - 10 results

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Racing - Cash in on Buck
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), July 13, 2004
...Ticket in the EBF Maiden. The Edward Lynamtrained runner was apprentice ridden when placed on his last two starts, while Sakkara, which finished second on his latest effort, also has claims. Esperentous has place prospects. Sandy Owen gets the nap selection...
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Racing: RUMPLESTILTSKIN IS TOO HOT TO OPPOSE
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), September 3, 2005
...Stan Moores dual winner DONT DILI DALI and the Clive Brittain-trained LONELY AHEAD, need to improve to mount a serious threat. SAKKARA STAR, for Michael Halford, looked a useful prospect when winning her maiden at Tipperary and might prove best of the other...
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Leonard Cooks Up Another Red Hot Chili Winner; BOOKS REVIEW
Newspaper article by Richard Williamson; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), March 28, 1999
Subjects: Leonard, Elmore
...assassinate Churchill. Now comes a book that could easily be nicknamed The Camel Has Landed - otherwise known as The Sands of Sakkara (Hodder Stoughton pounds 17.99). Glenn Meades thriller is also about a Nazi assassination plot, but this time both Churchill...
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Travel: 48 HOURS IN Cairo
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), October 31, 2004
...miss the rice pudding called Om Ali - literally Alis Mums Pudding. AFTERNOON WE head out of the city to the pyramid of Sakkara, which is the oldest standing monument on Earth... and the scene of the first bullfight. After 30 years of ruling Egypt...
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CAIRO; PEAK VIEWING: A Two-Hour Camel Ride Taking in the Pyramids Can Be Had for about [Pounds Sterling]5 If You Bargain
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 1, 2009
...for a guide who can help you negotiate the Pyramids, sort you out in old Cairo, find you good restaurants and show you the Sakkara site, with its Step Pyramid, on the edge of old Memphis. Last November they discovered an entirely new pyramid here, under...
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encyclopedia articles on: Sakkara  - 5 results

 
 
1.
Sakkara
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAKKARA saka ra, necropolis (burial place) of ancient Memphis , Egypt, 3 mi (5 km) from the Nile and on the border of the Libyan desert...
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Mastaba
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...structure built aboveground. The mastabas of the early dynastic period (3200 2680 b.c.), such as those of the I dynasty at Sakkara, were elaborate, having many storage or offering compartments, and were quite evidently close copies of contemporary houses...
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Memphis , City, Ancient Egypt
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Apries , and two huge statues of Ramses II are among the most important monuments found at the site. The necropolis of Sakkara , near Memphis, was a favorite burial place for pharaohs of the Old Kingdom. A line of pyramids begins near the necropolis...
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Pyramid , Structure
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Kingdom (2680 2565 b.c.), which are rectangular in plan and have only two sloping sides. After these came the step-pyramid at Sakkara , built c.2620 b.c., which soon evolved into the straight-sided true pyramid. This monumental structure was developed around...
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Coptic Art
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Old and New Testaments and images of the Mother and Child. Some of the archaeological sites are El-Bagawat, Oxyrhynchus, Sakkara, Bawit, and Antinoe. Representative examples of Coptic art are in sculpture, textiles, ivory, and illumination. Coptic architecture...


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