QH34bb

QH34bb is a cemetery in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. QH34bb is situated nearby to the cemetery QH34aa, as well as near QH34cc.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Qubbet el-Hawa and Tomb of Sarenput II.

Qubbet el-Hawa

Hill

Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Qubbet el-Hawa or "Dome of the Wind" is a site on the western bank of the Nile, opposite Aswan, that serves as the resting place of ancient nobles and priests from the Old and Middle Kingdoms of ancient Egypt.

Tomb of Sarenput II

Tomb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

The Tomb of Sarenput II, also identified as QH31, is an ancient Egyptian rock-cut tomb in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa, on the west bank of the Nile near Aswan, Egypt.

Elephantine

Island

Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Elephantine is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.

Aswan

Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.

Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.

Shellal

Village

Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. Shellal is situated 6 km south of QH34bb.

QH34bb

Type: Cemetery
Categories: tomb, historic site, and burial
Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

24.102° or 24° 6′ 7″ north

Longitude

32.8904° or 32° 53′ 25″ east

Open location code

7GPJ4V2R+Q5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1243510105

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=grave_yard

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=tomb

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