The Great Field
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The Great Field is an ancient Egyptian royal burial ground on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, renowned for its rock-cut tombs of New Kingdom pharaohs and nobles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Great Field canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian burial ground
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| approximateEndCenturyOfPrimaryUse | 11th century BCE ⓘ |
| approximateStartCenturyOfPrimaryUse | 16th century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
ancient Egyptian funerary practices
ⓘ
ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| burialOf |
New Kingdom nobles
ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
New Kingdom pharaohs
|
| contains |
decorated burial chambers
ⓘ
funerary equipment remains ⓘ rock-cut corridors ⓘ sarcophagus pits ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | significant ancient Egyptian archaeological landscape ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod | New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | various archaeological missions ⓘ |
| function | necropolis ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf |
burial chambers
ⓘ
funerary art ⓘ hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ tombs ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance | major site of New Kingdom royal necropolis ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Luxor ⓘ |
| locatedOnBankOf | west bank of the Nile ⓘ |
| near |
Nile
ⓘ
surface form:
the Nile River
|
| notableFor | rock-cut tombs ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Thebes ⓘ |
| region | Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| religiousAssociation |
Osiris
ⓘ
Ra ⓘ Theban Triad ⓘ
surface form:
the Theban triad
|
| researchField | Egyptology ⓘ |
| terrainFeature |
desert cliffs
ⓘ
rocky hillsides ⓘ |
| timeOfPrimaryUse |
New Kingdom of Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
New Kingdom period
|
| tourism | important tourist attraction in Luxor region ⓘ |
| usedFor |
elite burials
ⓘ
royal burials ⓘ |
| writingSystemOfInscriptions | Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.