page_title: Riqqeh
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Riqqeh / Overview
caption_attribution_description: English: Jar inscribed with the prenomen and nomen of Amenmesse. Faience, cylindrical. 19th Dynasty. From Cemetery C at el-Riqqeh, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London. With thanks to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL.
context_page_description: Riqqeh is a modern village in Egypt. It is located about 80 km south of Cairo.
context_section_description: Close to the village, in the desert, was excavated a series of cemeteries. The cemeteries ranging in time from the Gerzeh culture to modern times. Most important are those tombs dating to the Gerzeh (named for the El Gerzeh cemetery) and those of the Middle and New Kingdoms. The cemeteries were excavated and published by Reginald Engelbach in 1912 to 1913.
  Most of the tombs found were simple shafts, some with one or more chambers at the bottom. Finds include steles, statues and canopic jars. From the Middle Kingdom some well preserved and decorated coffins are preserved. Most remarkable was in undisturbed tomb containing two skeletons and golden jewellery. A closer look at this burial revealed that one of the skeletons belonged to the person buried here, while the other one belonged to the tomb robber, who died because the roof of the tomb chamber collapsed while he was looting the mummy.
caption: Jar inscribed with the prenomen and nomen of Amenmesse. Faience, cylindrical. 19th Dynasty. From Cemetery C at el-Riqqeh, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
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