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 .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: dynasty of ancient Egypt
  • Also known as: “3rd Dynasty” and “Third Dynasty of Egypt”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abusir and Pyramid of Djoser.

Photo: Kurohito, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the name given to an archaeological locality on the desert plateau 10 km south of Giza and 8 km north of . About 35 km south of the Egyptian capital , is the site of a compact pyramid field, with pyramids and funerary temples dating mainly from the 5th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

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The , sometimes called the Step or Step Pyramid of Horus Netjerikhet, is an archaeological site in the necropolis, , northwest of the ruins of . is situated 700 metres southeast of Tombs of 3rd Dynasty.

The is one of the most important archaeological sites of . The mastaba was discovered by Auguste Mariette in 1865. The mastaba contains two serdabs. is situated 160 metres northwest of Tombs of 3rd Dynasty.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saqqara and Mit Rahinah.

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is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the capital of 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.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Tombs of 3rd Dynasty.

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. is situated 5 km east of Tombs of 3rd Dynasty.

Tombs of 3rd Dynasty

Latitude
29.87682° or 29° 52′ 37″ north
Longitude
31.21329° or 31° 12′ 48″ east
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7GXHV6G7+P8
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Tombs of 3rd Dynasty” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “3de Dinastie van Egipte”
  • Arabic: “أسرة 3”
  • Arabic: “أسره مصريه ثالثه”
  • Arabic: “الأسرة المصرية الثالثة”
  • Asturian: “Dinastía III d’Exiptu”
  • Asturian: “tercer dinastía d’Exiptu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Üçüncü sülalə”
  • Basque: “Egiptoko III. dinastia”
  • Bengali: “মিশরের তৃতীয় রাজবংশ”
  • Breton: “IIIde tiernelezh Henegipt”
  • Breton: “IIIde tierniezh Henegipt”
  • Breton: “IIIe tierniezh Henegipt”
  • Bulgarian: “III династия”
  • Bulgarian: “III египетска династия”
  • Bulgarian: “Древен Египет, III династия”
  • Bulgarian: “Трета династия на Древен Египет”
  • Catalan: “Dinastia III d’Egipte”
  • Catalan: “Dinastia III”
  • Catalan: “III Dinastia”
  • Catalan: “Tercera dinastia”
  • Chinese: “Ai-ki̍p Tē-3 Ông-tiâu”
  • Chinese: “古埃及第三王朝”
  • Chinese: “埃及第三朝”
  • Chinese: “埃及第三王朝”
  • Chinese: “第三王朝”
  • Croatian: “III. egipatska dinastija”
  • Croatian: “Treća dinastija drevnog Egipta”
  • Croatian: “Treća Egipatska Dinastija”
  • Czech: “3. dynastie”
  • Danish: “3. egyptiske dynasti”
  • Dutch: “3e dynastie van Egypte”
  • Dutch: “3e Dynastie”
  • Dutch: “Egypte III”
  • Dutch: “IIIde dynastie”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اسره مصريه تالته”
  • Esperanto: “Tria egipta dinastio”
  • Finnish: “Egyptin 3. dynastia”
  • Finnish: “Egyptin dynastia 3”
  • French: “IIIe dynastie égyptienne”
  • French: “troisième dynastie égyptienne”
  • Galician: “Terceira dinastía de Exipto”
  • Galician: “Terceira Dinastía de Exipto”
  • Georgian: “ეგვიპტის მესამე დინასტია”
  • German: “3. Dynastie”
  • German: “Dritte Dynastie”
  • Greek: “3η δυναστεία Φαραώ”
  • Greek: “Τρίτη δυναστεία Φαραώ”
  • Hebrew: “השושלת השלישית של מצרים”
  • Hungarian: “3. dinasztia sírjai”
  • Hungarian: “III. dinasztia”
  • Icelandic: “Þriðja konungsættin”
  • Inari Sami: “Egypt 3. dynastia”
  • Indonesian: “Dinasti ketiga Mesir”
  • Irish: “Tríú Ríora na hÉigipte”
  • Italian: “III dinastia egizia”
  • Japanese: “エジプト第3王朝”
  • Korean: “이집트 제3왕조”
  • Latin: “Domus tertia Aegypti”
  • Macedonian: “III династија”
  • Macedonian: “Трета египетска династија”
  • Malay: “Dinasti Ketiga Mesir”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ai-ki̍p Tē-3 Ông-tiâu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “3. egyptiske dynasti”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “tredje egyptiske dynastiet”
  • Norwegian: “3. egyptiske dynasti”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “IIIau dinastia egipciana”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “IIIena dinastia egipciana”
  • Persian: “دودمان سوم مصر”
  • Polish: “III dynastia”
  • Portuguese: “III dinastia egípcia”
  • Portuguese: “Terceira dinastia”
  • Romanian: “A III Dinastie Egipteană”
  • Romanian: “A III-a dinastie egipteană”
  • Romanian: “A III-a Dinastie Egipteană”
  • Russian: “3-я династия фараонов”
  • Russian: “III династия Древнего Египта”
  • Russian: “III династия”
  • Russian: “Гробницы 3-й династии”
  • Russian: “Третья династия Древнего Египта”
  • Serbian: “Treća egipatska dinastija”
  • Serbian: “Treća memfiska dinastija”
  • Serbian: “Трећа династија Египта”
  • Serbian: “Трећа династија”
  • Serbian: “Трећа египатска династија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Treća dinastija Egipta”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Treća dinastija”
  • Slovenian: “Tretja egipčanska dinastija”
  • Spanish: “Dinastia III de Egipto”
  • Spanish: “Dinastía III de Egipto”
  • Spanish: “Dinastia III”
  • Spanish: “Dinastía III”
  • Spanish: “Tercera dinastia de Egipto”
  • Spanish: “Tercera dinastía de Egipto”
  • Spanish: “Tercera Dinastia”
  • Spanish: “Tercera Dinastía”
  • Spanish: “Tumbas de la 3ª Dinastía”
  • Swedish: “3:e dynastin i Egypten”
  • Swedish: “Egyptens tredje dynasti”
  • Tagalog: “Dinastiyang III”
  • Tagalog: “Dynasty III”
  • Tagalog: “Ikatlong Dinastiya ng Ehipto”
  • Tagalog: “Third Dynasty of Egypt”
  • Tamil: “எகிப்தின் மூன்றாம் வம்சம்”
  • Thai: “ราชวงศ์ที่สามแห่งอียิปต์”
  • Turkish: “3. hanedan”
  • Turkish: “Mısır’ın üçüncü hanedanı”
  • Turkish: “Üçüncü hanedan”
  • Turkish: “Üçüncü Hanedan”
  • Ukrainian: “Третя династія єгипетських фараонів”
  • Urdu: “مصر کا تیسرا شاہی سلسلہ”
  • Uzbek: “Misrning uchinchi sulolasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Vương triều thứ Ba của Ai Cập”
  • Wu Chinese: “埃及第三王朝”
  • Yue Chinese: “埃及第三王朝”

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