Abu Sir
Abu Sir is a village in Giza Governorate, Egypt and has about 200 residents. Abu Sir is situated nearby to the neighborhood Abo Sir Village, as well as near the locality Temple of the Sun.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abusir and Tombs of 3rd Dynasty.
Abusir
Photo: Kurohito, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abusir is the name given to an Egyptian archaeological locality on the desert plateau 10 km south of Giza and 8 km north of Saqqara. About 35 km south of the Egyptian capital Cairo, Abusir is the site of a compact pyramid field, with pyramids and funerary temples dating mainly from the 5th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.
Tombs of 3rd Dynasty
The Third Dynasty of ancient Egypt is the first dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Other dynasties of the Old Kingdom include the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth. The capital during the period of the Old Kingdom was at Memphis.Pyramid of Djoser
The Pyramid of Djoser, sometimes called the Step Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid of Horus Netjerikhet, is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the ruins of Memphis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saqqara and Al-Hawamidyah.
Saqqara
Saqqara is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo and to the extensive ancient necropolis on the plateau above the Nile Valley, the location of tombs and pyramids dating to the Predynastic, Old Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Periods of ancient Egyptian history.
Al-Hawamidyah
Town
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. Successive census results indicate a considerable steady rise in its population: 73,298 in 1986, 91,770 in 1996, 109,314 in 2006, 149,567 in 2018 and 158,278 in 2023. Al-Hawamidyah is situated 4½ km east of Abu Sir.
Mit Rahinah
Village
Photo: EliziR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mit Rahinah is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Abu Sir.
Abu Sir
- Type: Village with 200 residents
- Also known as: “Abū Şīr” and “Abū Şīr, Abu Sir”
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.88887° or 29° 53′ 20″ northLongitude
31.21933° or 31° 13′ 10″ eastPopulation
200Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)Open location code
7GXHV6Q9+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 768774636OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
362071Wikidata ID
Q23956202
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