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Tarkhan (Egypt)

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at Tarkhan. It was divided into several rooms, most likely used for storing burial goods, although little survived. In the middle was the underground burial chamber with four small side chambers not connected by doorways, but there were doors incised on the walls acting as symbolic chambers. The
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niches were painted red; only one niche, with a wooden floor, was unpainted. This might indicate a cult place for the deceased. Around the mastaba there was a wall. The name of the owner is unknown.
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period around 3100 BC. Petrie found more than 2,000 tombs, most of them simple holes in the ground belonging to common people. However, there were also several
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Contents of tomb 99. 1st century CE. From tomb 99 at Tarkhan (Kafr Ammar), Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
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Pottery jar, drab ware. The original loop slip is still present. Ptolemaic period. From Tarkhan (
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Unseen Images, Archive Photographs in the Petrie Museum, Volume I: Gurob, Sedment and Tarkhan
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The most important finds include a tomb with many seal impressions belonging to king
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Seal impression with the name of Narmer from Tarkhan
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Index


ancient Egyptian
necropolis
Cairo
Nile
Flinders Petrie
Early Dynastic
mastabas
First Dynasty
Narmer
Tarkhan dress
Fayum mummy portrait
mastaba
Contents of tomb 99. 1st century CE. From tomb 99 at Tarkhan (Kafr Ammar), Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
Pottery jar, drab ware. The original loop slip is still present. Ptolemaic period. From Tarkhan (Kafr Ammar), Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
Kafr Ammar
List of ancient Egyptian sites
Wolfram Grajetzki
ISBN
978-1-906137-04-5
2008 photo
29°30′00″N 31°13′30″E / 29.500°N 31.225°E / 29.500; 31.225
Category
Archaeological sites in Egypt

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