Umm el-Qaab necropolis

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ancient Egyptian necropolis archaeological site

Umm el-Qaab necropolis is an ancient burial ground at Abydos in Upper Egypt, renowned as the royal cemetery of Egypt’s earliest pharaohs.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Abydos necropolis 2
Umm el-Qaab necropolis canonical 2
Tomb P at Umm el-Qaab 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian necropolis ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalFinds human and animal burials ⓘ
inscribed labels and tags ⓘ
seal impressions with royal names ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty First Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlaceOf Aha (Hor-Aha) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anedjib NERFINISHED ⓘ
Den NERFINISHED ⓘ
Djer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Djet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khasekhemwy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Narmer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peribsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qa'a NERFINISHED ⓘ
Semerkhet NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains funerary enclosures ⓘ
large mudbrick tombs ⓘ
large quantities of pottery sherds ⓘ
subsidiary graves ⓘ
tombs of First Dynasty pharaohs ⓘ
tombs of Second Dynasty pharaohs ⓘ
tombs of early Egyptian kings ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
excavatedBy Flinders Petrie NERFINISHED ⓘ
German Archaeological Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ
Émile Amélineau NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Cemetery B NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cemetery U NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cemetery Y ⓘ
inferredLaterUse pilgrimage destination in later periods ⓘ
knownAs Mother of Pots NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Abydos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
material ceramic vessels ⓘ
mudbrick tomb superstructures ⓘ
stone vessels ⓘ
wooden burial equipment ⓘ
nameLanguage Arabic ⓘ
near cult center of Osiris at Abydos ⓘ
partOf Abydos archaeological zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
period Early Dynastic Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Predynastic Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance earliest royal cemetery of Egypt ⓘ
key site for study of state formation in Egypt ⓘ
source of early hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
usedAs elite burial ground ⓘ
royal cemetery ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

U cemetery, Umm el-Qaab, Abydos → partOf → Umm el-Qaab necropolis ⓘ
Hor-Aha → associatedWith → Umm el-Qaab necropolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abydos necropolis
Qa'a → associatedWith → Umm el-Qaab necropolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: royal cemetery of Umm el-Qa'ab
Den → burialComplex → Umm el-Qaab necropolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tomb T at Umm el-Qaab
Den → associatedWithSite → Umm el-Qaab necropolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abydos necropolis
royal tombs at Abydos → hasComponent → Umm el-Qaab necropolis ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal tombs at Abydos
this entity surface form: Umm el-Qaab cemetery
Djer → tombLocatedAtSite → Umm el-Qaab necropolis ⓘ
Peribsen → burialSite → Umm el-Qaab necropolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tomb P at Umm el-Qaab
Merneith → hasTomb → Umm el-Qaab necropolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tomb Y at Umm El Qaab