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Umm El Qaʻāb (sometimes romanised Umm El Gaʻab, Arabic: أم القعاب) is a necropolis of the Early Dynastic Period kings at Abydos, Egypt. Its modern name means "Mother of Pots" as the whole area is littered with the broken pot shards of offerings made in earlier times.
Umm el-Qa'ab | The Ancient Egypt Site. List. 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.
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.
n° 18 -mars 2008 ARCHÉONIL 33 The royal tombs at Umm el-Qa’ab. Between the royal burial chamber’s ceiling and the level of the desert surface, a subterranean tumulus lined with mud bricks was inserted, the interior being filled with sand (fig. 4). It is attested so far in tombs B15 [ Aha], O [‚ Snake’], T [ Den], and Q [ Qa’a].
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.
Umm el-Qa'ab or the mother of pots is the modern-day Arabic name of a region located approximately halfway between Luxor (Thebes) and Assiut.
