Saqqara

The cemetery of Saqqara is the oly cemetery i Egypt that icludes tombs from the begiig of Egyptia history util its ed. It also icludes may moumets from the Greco-Roma era. Saqqara’s cemetery is oe of the most importat archaeological sites i Egypt. There are pyramids, temples ad tombs of Serapeum. Her ame is derived from the god of the cowardly “Sucre”. The most importat effects of Saqqara ca be traced by dividig the regio ito sectors: • The orther sector: It icludes a umber of tombs, most otably the tomb of “Kaaber” (Sheikh of the coutry) ad the tomb of “Hessi Ra”, ad the vaults carved i the groud that was dedicated to the burial of a ibis after Tahith, ad also the terraces of some kigs of the families I ad II. • The cetral sector: the most importat sector i the cemetery. There is the fuerary group of Kig Zoser, which is located iside the Great Wall, which is the middle of the pyramid pyramid, the first pyramid was built of stoe, as well as the pyramid of Kig “Ousrkav” the first kigs of the fifth family. The pyramid of Teti is the first of the kigs of the sixth family ad his wife’s wife, ad a collectio of cemeteries for seior me like the tomb of Mary Roca. • Sector West: The Serapeum, which is dedicated to the burial of the holy calf durig the twety-sixth family, ad cotiued to use util the Ptolemaic era. The Pyramid of ice: It icludes the pyramid of ice ad its hierarchical group. Its importace is due to the existece of hieroglyphic iscriptios o its walls, icludig the religious patroage of the deceased kow as the “Mato al-Ahram”. • The souther sector: It icludes the pyramids of the kigs of the fifth ad sixth families, ad pyramids of some quees, i additio to the tomb of “Shbescaf” kow as the Pharaoh’s bech.