Saqqara

Saqqara 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.
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  • Type: Village with 450 residents
  • Description: village in Giza Governorate, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Saccara”, “Sakkara”, and “Ṣaqqâra”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Memphis and Mastabat al-Fir’aun.

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is the English name for the present-day site of one of the great ancient capital cities of . Although very little remains to be seen on the surface, features a great sculpture museum, in the Mit Rahina village some 24 km south of the modern Egyptian capital of .

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The Mastabat al-Fir'aun, also referred to in Egyptological literature as the Mastaba el-Faraun, Mastabat el-Faraun or Mastabat Faraun, and meaning "Bench of the Pharaoh") is the grave monument of the ancient Egyptian king Shepseskaf, the last king of the Fourth Dynasty documented to date.

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The is a late 25th to mid 24th century BC pyramid complex built for the Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Djedkare Isesi. The pyramid is referred to as Haram el-Shawaf by locals.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mit Rahinah and Badrashin.

Village
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is a village.

Village
is a city, and capital of the eponymous markaz, in , . County is the site of Ancient Egypt's royal capital, . is situated 4½ km east of Saqqara.

Saqqara

Latitude
29.8503° or 29° 51′ 1″ north
Longitude
31.2283° or 31° 13′ 42″ east
Population
450
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
7GXHV62H+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 331877485
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
349608
Wiki­data ID
Q192134
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Saqqara” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Saqqara”
  • Arabic: “سقارة”
  • Arabic: “سقاره”
  • Arabic: “صقارة، الجيزة”
  • Armenian: “Սակկարա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sakkara”
  • Basque: “Sakkara”
  • Basque: “Saqqara”
  • Belarusian: “Сакара”
  • Bosnian: “Saqqara”
  • Catalan: “Saqqara”
  • Cebuano: “Şaqqārah”
  • Chinese: “塞加拉”
  • Chinese: “撒卡拉”
  • Chinese: “沙卡拉”
  • Chinese: “萨卡拉”
  • Chinese: “薩卡拉”
  • Croatian: “Sakara”
  • Croatian: “Sakkara”
  • Croatian: “Saqqara”
  • Czech: “Sakkára”
  • Danish: “Sakkara”
  • Dutch: “Sakkara”
  • Dutch: “Saqqara”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سقاره”
  • Esperanto: “Sakkara”
  • Finnish: “Sakkara”
  • Finnish: “Saqqara”
  • French: “Nécropole de Saqqara”
  • French: “Nécropole de Saqqarah”
  • French: “Sakkarah”
  • French: “Saqqara”
  • French: “Saqqarah”
  • Galician: “Saqqara”
  • German: “Pyramidenkomplex von Saqqāra”
  • German: “Sakkara”
  • German: “Saqqara”
  • German: “Saqquara”
  • Greek: “Σακκάρα”
  • Hausa: “Saqqara”
  • Hebrew: “סאקרה”
  • Hebrew: “סקארה”
  • Hungarian: “Szakkara”
  • Icelandic: “Sakkara”
  • Igbo: “Saccara”
  • Igbo: “Saqqara”
  • Indonesian: “Saqqara”
  • Irish: “Sacára”
  • Italian: “Sakkara”
  • Italian: “Saqqara”
  • Italian: “Saqqarah”
  • Japanese: “サッカラ”
  • Korean: “사카라”
  • Latin: “Necropolis Saqqāra”
  • Latvian: “Sakāra”
  • Lithuanian: “Sakara”
  • Macedonian: “Сакара”
  • Malagasy: “Saqqara”
  • Malayalam: “സക്കാറ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sakkara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saqqara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saqqâra”
  • Norwegian: “Saqqara”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Saqqara”
  • Persian: “سقاره”
  • Polish: “Sakkara”
  • Polish: “Saqqara”
  • Portuguese: “Sacara”
  • Portuguese: “Sacará”
  • Portuguese: “Sakara”
  • Portuguese: “Sakkara”
  • Portuguese: “Saqqara”
  • Russian: “Саккара”
  • Scots: “Saqqara”
  • Serbian: “Sakara”
  • Serbian: “Сакара”
  • Serbian: “سقارة”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sakara”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sakkara”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Saqqara”
  • Sicilian: “Saqqara”
  • Sinhala: “සකාරා”
  • Slovak: “Sakkára”
  • Slovenian: “Sakara”
  • Slovenian: “Sakkara”
  • Spanish: “Sakkara”
  • Spanish: “Saqqara”
  • Spanish: “Saqqarah”
  • Swedish: “Sakkara”
  • Swedish: “Saqqara”
  • Tagalog: “Saqqara”
  • Tamil: “சக்காரா”
  • Thai: “ซักกอเราะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Sakkara piramidi”
  • Turkish: “Sakkara”
  • Ukrainian: “Саккара”
  • Urdu: “سقارہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Saqqara”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saqqara”
  • Wu Chinese: “萨卡拉”

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