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.
- Village with about 450 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (130 feet)
- …is also known as “Saccara”
- Description: village in Giza Governorate, Egypt
Places of Interest
Highlights include Memphis and Pyramid of Djedkare-Isesi.
Mastabat al-Fir’aun
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mit Rahinah and Badrashin.
Badrashin
Badrashin is a city, and capital of the eponymous markaz, in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Badrashin is situated 4½ km east of Saqqara.
Saqqara
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Latitude
29.8503° or 29° 51′ 1″ north
Longitude
31.2283° or 31° 13′ 42″ east
Open location code
7GXHV62H+48
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Saqqara” goes by many names.
SaqqaraAfrikaans
سقارةArabic
سقارهArabic
صقارة، الجيزةArabic
ՍակկարաArmenian
SakkaraAzerbaijani
SakkaraBasque
SaqqaraBasque
СакараBelarusian
SaqqaraBosnian
SaqqaraCatalan
ŞaqqārahCebuano
塞加拉Chinese
撒卡拉Chinese
沙卡拉Chinese
萨卡拉Chinese
薩卡拉Chinese
SakaraCroatian
SakkáraCzech
SakkaraDanish
SakkaraDutch
SaqqaraDutch
سقارهEgyptian Arabic
SakkaraEsperanto
SaqqārahEstonian
SakkaraFinnish
SaqqaraGalician
ΣακκάραGreek
SaqqaraHausa
סאקרהHebrew
סקארהHebrew
SzakkaraHungarian
SakkaraIcelandic
SaccaraIgbo
SaqqaraIgbo
SaqqaraIndonesian
SacáraIrish
SaqqaraItalian
SaqqarahItalian
サッカラJapanese
사카라Korean
Necropolis SaqqāraLatin
SakāraLatvian
SakaraLithuanian
СакараMacedonian
SaqqaraMalagasy
സക്കാറMalayalam
SaqqaraNorwegian
SaqqâraNorwegian Bokmål
SaqqaraOccitan (post 1500)
سقارهPersian
SakkaraPolish
СаккараRussian
SaqqaraScots
SakaraSerbian
СакараSerbian
سقارةSerbian
SakaraSerbo-Croatian
SaqqaraSerbo-Croatian
SaqqaraSicilian
සකාරාSinhala
SakkáraSlovak
SakaraSlovenian
SakkaraSlovenian
SakkaraSwedish
SaqqaraTagalog
சக்காராTamil
ซักกอเราะฮ์Thai
SakkaraTurkish
Sakkara piramidiTurkish
СаккараUkrainian
سقارہUrdu
SaqqaraVietnamese
SaqqaraWaray (Philippines)
萨卡拉Wu Chinese
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Saqqara Village and Temple of the Sun.
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