Abusir

Pyramid field of Abusir:
The pyramids of Sahure, Niuserre and Neferirkare (from left to right)

Abusir

Map of Egypt

Map of Abusir

Abusir ( Arabic أبو صير, DMG Abū Ṣīr ) is a village in Egypt with an important ancient Egyptian city ​​of the dead .

Ancient Egyptian necropolis

In Egyptology , however, this name is used to refer to an ancient Egyptian necropolis . It lies between Giza and Saqqara and is the location of various temples and pyramids , mostly from the 5th dynasty . Other tombs date to the Middle Kingdom and belong to priests who practiced the cult of the dead at the pyramids there. Some of these burials were found untouched, such as the grave of Herischefhotep . In the late period , some gigantic shaft graves of high officials were finally built here. The tomb of Iufaa from this time was found unlooted. The place of the sun sanctuary of Niuserre at the northern end of the necropolis is also named after the today's village of Abu Gorab (also Abu Gurob ).

Monumental buildings in Abusir

Sun sanctuaries

• the sun sanctuary of Userkaf ,
• the solar sanctuary of Niuserre (actually in Abu Gorab),

Pyramids

• the pyramid complex of Neferirkare ,
• the pyramid complex of the Sahure ,
• the pyramid complex of the Niuserre Ini ,
• the pyramid complex of Raneferef ,
• the pyramid complex of the Chentkaus II. ,
• the Lepsius XXIV pyramid ,
• the Lepsius XXV pyramid ,
• the unfinished pyramid of Abusir ,

other grave structures

• the tomb of Udjahorresnet (26th dynasty)
• the great mastabas in the burial ground of the northeast and
• the burial ground above the mortuary temple of Neferirkare.

literature

• Jaromír Málek : The Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings . Griffith Institute, Oxford 1974, ISBN 0-900416-19-X .
• Jürgen von Beckerath : Abusir. In: Wolfgang Helck (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie (LÄ). Volume I, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-447-01670-1 , Sp. 27.
• Odgen Goelet: Abu Gurab. In: Kathryn A. Bard (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge, London 1999, ISBN 0-415-18589-0 , pp. 80-82.
• IES Edwards : Abusir. In: Kathryn A. Bard (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge, London 1999, ISBN 0-415-18589-0 , pp. 90-91.

Web links

Commons : Abousir  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Abusir  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Entry in the UNESCO World Heritage List: English , French

Coordinates: 29 ° 54 '  N , 31 ° 12'  E