Abusir
Subtitle: The Necropolis of the Sons of the Sun
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9789774167904
Subjects: Excavations (archaeology), middle east; Tombs; Egypt, antiquities
Description: At the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site, for the last fifty years, of an extensive operation to discover its past.This thoroughly updated in-depth study documents the uncovering by a dedicated team of Czech archaeologists of a hitherto neglected wealth of ancient remains dating from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period. This is Abusir, realm of Osiris, God of the dead, and its story is one of both modern archaeology and the long-buried mysteries that it seeks to uncover.