Harageh
Harageh , also el-Harageh or Haraga , is a village in Egypt , near which various ancient Egyptian cemeteries have been found. The village is at the entrance to the Fayum , near Lahun .
graveyards
The cemeteries date to the Naqada Period (approx. 3500 BC), the First Intermediate Period (approx. 2150 BC), the late Middle Kingdom (approx. 1800 BC), the New Kingdom and some Burials in later eras. They were excavated by Reginald Engelbach in a campaign from 1913 to 1914 .
Finds
The cemeteries of the Middle Kingdom are considered to be the best excavated and, above all, the best published grave fields of this epoch. The dead were mostly buried here in shaft graves with underground burial chambers; superstructures have not been preserved. There were statues , steles and coffins, and some pristine tombs contained rich jewelry. Some papyrus fragments were found , including one with the story of Sinuhe .
literature
- Reginald Engelbach : Harageh (= Publications of the Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archeology in Egypt. Volume 28). Quaritch, London 1923.
Web links
- Margaret Maitland: Treasures From Harageh Tomb 72 at National Museum Scotland , National Museums Scotland Blog, September 30, 2014.
Coordinates: 29 ° 13 ' N , 31 ° 2' E