Cemetery B at Umm el-Qaab

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Early Dynastic Period cemetery archaeological site royal necropolis

Cemetery B at Umm el-Qaab is an early dynastic royal necropolis at Abydos in Upper Egypt, notable for containing some of the earliest pharaonic tombs.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tomb Q at Umm el-Qa'ab	1
Tomb V at Umm el-Qaab	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Early Dynastic Period cemetery ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ royal necropolis ⓘ
archaeologicalRegion	Sohag Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	early Egyptian kings ⓘ
chronologicalPeriod	1st Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Early Dynastic Period of Egypt ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culturalContext	ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ
excavatedBy	archaeologists working at Abydos ⓘ
function	burial place for early pharaohs ⓘ
hasFeature	burial chambers ⓘ mudbrick superstructures ⓘ subsidiary burials ⓘ subterranean royal tombs ⓘ
hasSiteType	tomb field ⓘ
heritageType	ancient funerary landscape ⓘ
locatedIn	Abydos NERFINISHED ⓘ Umm el-Qaab NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	modern village of el-Araba el-Madfuna NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	containing some of the earliest pharaonic tombs ⓘ
partOf	Abydos necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Early Dynastic royal cemeteries at Abydos NERFINISHED ⓘ wider Umm el-Qaab cemetery complex ⓘ
relatedTo	Cemetery A at Umm el-Qaab NERFINISHED ⓘ Cemetery U at Umm el-Qaab NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs	royal burial ground ⓘ
usedFor	pharaonic tombs ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Qa'a → burialSite → Cemetery B at Umm el-Qaab ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tomb Q at Umm el-Qa'ab

Khasekhemwy → tomb → Cemetery B at Umm el-Qaab ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tomb V at Umm el-Qaab

Ka → tombLocation → Cemetery B at Umm el-Qaab ⓘ