Qubbet el-Hawa

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ancient Egyptian cemetery archaeological site necropolis

Qubbet el-Hawa is a necropolis on the west bank of the Nile near Aswan in Egypt, known for its rock-cut tombs of Old and Middle Kingdom nobles and officials.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Qubbet el-Hawa necropolis 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian cemetery ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ
associatedWith Elephantine NERFINISHED ⓘ
First Upper Egyptian nome NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains autobiographical tomb texts ⓘ
biographical inscriptions ⓘ
depictions of Nubian expeditions ⓘ
funerary rituals ⓘ
offering scenes ⓘ
scenes of daily life ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Qubbet el-Hawa necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature chapels ⓘ
façade reliefs ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
painted decoration ⓘ
shafts leading to burial chambers ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature rock-cut cliffs ⓘ
hasLanguageOfInscriptions Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
hasNotableBurial Harkhuf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heqaib NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mekhu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sabni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarenput I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarenput II NERFINISHED ⓘ
governors of Elephantine ⓘ
nomarchs of the First Upper Egyptian nome ⓘ
hasScriptOfInscriptions hieratic ⓘ
hieroglyphs ⓘ
hasType rock-cut tombs ⓘ
locatedIn Aswan Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nubia region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Aswan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of the Nile ⓘ
overlooks Elephantine Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nile River NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfUse First Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Late Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchField Egyptology NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance evidence for Egyptian-Nubian relations ⓘ
evidence for trade and expeditions to Nubia ⓘ
source for Middle Kingdom provincial administration ⓘ
source for Old Kingdom provincial administration ⓘ
tourism popular tourist attraction in Aswan ⓘ
usedFor elite burials ⓘ
noble burials ⓘ
officials' burials ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Harkhuf → burialPlace → Qubbet el-Hawa ⓘ
Sarenput I → burialPlace → Qubbet el-Hawa ⓘ
Sarenput I → archaeologicalSite → Qubbet el-Hawa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qubbet el-Hawa necropolis
Sabni → tombLocation → Qubbet el-Hawa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qubbet el-Hawa necropolis