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Umm el-Qa'ab. Hinting at the large number of pots and pot shards found there, Umm el-Qa'ab, "the mother of pots" is the modern-day Arabic name of a region located in the desert between the fertile grounds of Abydos and the rim of mountains that stands to the south-west. Abydos is located approximately halfway between Luxor (Thebes) and Assiut.
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Jun 8, 2008 · File:Umm el-Qaab.jpg. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. File. File history. File usage on Commons. File usage on other wikis. Metadata. Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 213 pixels | 640 × 427 pixels | 1,024 × 683 pixels.
View on the tomb of Khasekhemwi at Umm el-Qa’ab. Source: odyseeyadventures.ca. Map of tomb V at Umm el-Qa’ab. The tomb was excavated by Petrie during his 1901 expedition at the site and named “Tomb V” by him. Its trapezoid shape measuring 68.97 metres long by 10.04 metres on its shortest side and 17.06 metres on its longest side, makes ...
May 31, 2018 · English: Umm el-Qa`āb (sometimes Umm el Ga'ab, Arabic: أم القعاب) is the necropolis of the Early Dynastic kings at Abydos, in Egypt [2]. Its modern name means 'Mother of Pots', as the whole area is littered with the broken pot shards of offerings made in later times (see picture). More... Español: Umm el-Qaab (en árabe: أم ...
Adjib's burial site was excavated at the Umm el-Qa'ab necropolis in Abydos and is known as "Tomb X". It measures 16.4 x 9.0 metres and is the smallest of all royal tombs in this area. Adjib's burial chamber (7 x 4.5 metres), consists of two rooms and is accessed by a stairway from the east.
4 Umm El Qa'ab (its modern name means "Mother of Pots"). The necropolis of the Early Dynastic Period kings, pharaohs of the 1st Dynasty of Egypt and the last two kings of the 2nd Dynasty, a site of veneration and worship in Ancient Egypt; by the time of the Middle Kingdom, at least one of the royal tombs was excavated and rebuilt for the ...
