High sand

A high sand is an ancient Egyptian cult building. It consists of a square pile of sand, which is enclosed by dam-like stone or brick walls with rounded corners. On this is the actual sanctuary . The high sand symbolizes an island emerging from the primordial ocean . The name goes back to Herbert Ricke .

Previously known systems:

• Hierakonpolis , early Old Kingdom , diameter 46 × 46 meters
• Heliopolis , diameter 600 × 600 meters
• Tell el-Yahudiya , diameter 450 × 470 meters

literature

• Herbert Ricke : The high sand of Heliopolis . In: Zeitschrift für Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 71, 1935, pp. 107–111.
• Dieter Arnold : Lexicon of Egyptian architecture . Albatros, 2000, ISBN 3491960010 , p. 108.