Abydos royal cemetery

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ancient Egyptian necropolis archaeological site

The Abydos royal cemetery is an ancient burial ground in Upper Egypt that served as one of the earliest and most important necropolises for Egypt’s first pharaohs.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Abydos necropolis	4
Abydos royal cemetery canonical	2
Abydos (probable)	1
Abydos royal cult	1
Tomb O at Abydos	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian necropolis ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence	development of royal iconography ⓘ earliest royal titulary of Egypt ⓘ
associatedWith	cult of Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ royal funerary cults ⓘ
contains	boat graves ⓘ funerary enclosures ⓘ large mudbrick tombs ⓘ subsidiary graves ⓘ
continuedUse	Middle Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ New Kingdom commemorative cults ⓘ Old Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culturalContext	early Pharaonic state ⓘ
datingMethod	ceramic typology ⓘ inscriptional evidence ⓘ
earliestUse	late Predynastic Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavatedBy	Flinders Petrie NERFINISHED ⓘ German Archaeological Institute missions ⓘ Émile Amélineau NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Umm el-Qaab NERFINISHED ⓘ tomb of Aha ⓘ tomb of Anedjib NERFINISHED ⓘ tomb of Den ⓘ tomb of Djer ⓘ tomb of Djet NERFINISHED ⓘ tomb of Narmer ⓘ tomb of Qa'a NERFINISHED ⓘ tomb of Semerkhet NERFINISHED ⓘ tombs of Second Dynasty rulers ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of the Abydos archaeological zone ⓘ
locatedIn	Abydos NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	mudbrick ⓘ stone ⓘ
near	desert edge west of the Nile ⓘ
notableFor	earliest large-scale royal funerary architecture in Egypt ⓘ
partOf	ancient city of Abydos ⓘ
period	Early Dynastic Period of Egypt ⓘ
researchField	Egyptology ⓘ
significance	important center for early state formation in Egypt ⓘ one of the earliest royal cemeteries in Egypt ⓘ
usedBy	First Dynasty kings of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Dynasty kings of Egypt ⓘ early Egyptian pharaohs ⓘ
usedFor	elite burials ⓘ royal burials ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

nꜥr-mr → associatedWith → Abydos royal cemetery ⓘ

U cemetery, Umm el-Qaab, Abydos → partOf → Abydos royal cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abydos necropolis

Aha → hasRoyalNecropolis → Abydos royal cemetery ⓘ

royal tombs at Abydos → partOf → Abydos royal cemetery ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal tombs at Abydos

this entity surface form: Abydos necropolis

Djer → hasTomb → Abydos royal cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tomb O at Abydos

Djer → associatedWithCult → Abydos royal cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abydos royal cult

Khasekhemwy → monumentLocation → Abydos royal cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abydos necropolis

Nimaathap → burialPlace → Abydos royal cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abydos (probable)

Weni the Elder → associatedWithSite → Abydos royal cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abydos necropolis