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Umm El Qaʻāb (sometimes romanised Umm El Gaʻab, Arabic: أم القعاب) is a necropolis of the Early Dynastic Period [1] kings at Abydos, Egypt. [2] Its modern name means "Mother of Pots" as the whole area is littered with the broken pot shards of offerings made in earlier times. The cultic ancient name of the area was (w-)pkr or (r ...
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.
Umm El Qa'ab. Umm El Qaʻāb (sometimes spelled Umm El Gaʻab) is a burial place for Early Dynasty Period kings in Abydos, Egypt. Its name in Arabic means "Mother of Pots" because there are many broken pieces of pots and dishes all around. In ancient times, people left offerings here, and that's why there are so many pieces left behind.
Umm el-Qa'ab is a royal necropolis at Abydos where early pharaohs were entombed. However, these boat graves were established earlier than late in Dynasty II, perhaps for the afterlife journeys of Hor-Aha , the first king (ca. 2920–2770) of the First Dynasty of Egypt , or Pharaoh Djer also of Dynasty I .
Egypt’s earliest kings (1st and 2nd Dynasties, ca. 3050-2650 BCE) built their tombs at a part of Abydos located far into the desert today called Umm el-Qa’ab. A series of much more mysterious early royal monuments were constructed on the desert edge overlooking the ancient town.
The so-called Merneith Enclosure is a group of tombs from the cemetery at Shunet el-Zebib. These tombs are dated to the time of Merneith. Merneith's name was found on objects in king Djer's tomb in Umm el-Qa'ab. Tombs at Abydos and Saqqara Cemetery B, Umm el-Qa'ab. Tombs of the pharaohs of the first and second dynasty of Egypt.
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 ...
