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.
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geographical location: Al Jizah (Giza), Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
geographical coordinates: 29° 51' 0' North, 31° 13' 0' East
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Catalogue of Egyptian antiquities: found by Prof. Flinders Petrie at Ehnasya, Dr. Naville & Mr Hall at Deir el Bahri and Drs Grenfell & Hunt at Oxyrhynchus (Egypt Exploration Fund), Mr Loat at Gurob and drawings from tombs at Saqqara by Misses Murray, Hansard & Mothersole (Egyptian Research Account), 1904; exhibited at University College, London, July 4th to 30th. Saqqarah is a vast, deep and beautiful puzzle game set in the wondrous world of ancient Egyptian secrets, powerful gods and magical monkeys. With quality and variety surpassing everything you’ve seen in casual games, Saqqarah is a memorable and exciting adventure for everyone. Jun 21, 2020 Saqqarah Description. This little software creates calculation pyramids puzzles (mainly addition). Principle for addition pyramid: Boxes should contain numbers, if a box is on top of two boxes it contains the sum of the two boxes below.
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Notable Places in the Area
Memphis
Memphis is the English name for the present-day site of one of the great ancient capital cities of Egypt. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Abusir
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. Photo: Kurohito, CC BY-SA 3.0.Pyramid of Djoser
The Pyramid of Djoser, or Step Pyramid, is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis. Pyramid of Djoser is situated 2½ km northwest of Saqqara. Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.Pyramid of Unas
The Pyramid of Unas is a smooth-sided pyramid built in the 24th century BC for the Egyptian pharaoh Unas, the ninth and final king of the Fifth Dynasty. Pyramid of Unas is situated 2½ km northwest of Saqqara. Photo: Roweromaniak, CC BY-SA 2.5 pl.Localities in the Area
El Badrashein
El Badrashein is a city in Giza Governorate, Egypt. El Badrashein is situated 4½ km east of Saqqara.Saqqara
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Giza Governorate, Egypt
- Categories: necropolis and archaeological site
- Location: Lower Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- Population: 450
- Latitude: 29.8503° or 29° 51' 1.2' north
- Longitude: 31.2283° or 31° 13' 41.8' east
- Elevation: 39 metres (128 feet)
- OpenStreetMap ID: node 331877485
- GeoNames ID: 349608
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- Afrikaans: Saqqara
- Arabic: سقارة
- Arabic: سقاره
- Arabic: صقارة، الجيزة
- Armenian: Սակկարա
- Basque: Sakkara
- Basque: Saqqara
- Belarusian: Сакара
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- Cebuano: Şaqqārah
- Chinese: 塞加拉
- Chinese: 撒卡拉
- Chinese: 沙卡拉
- Chinese: 萨卡拉
- Chinese: 薩卡拉
- Croatian: Sakara
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- Czech: Sakkára
- Danish: Sakkara
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- Egyptian Arabic: سقاره
- English: Saccara
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- Esperanto: Sakkara
- Finnish: Sakkara
- Finnish: Saqqara
- French: Nécropole de Saqqara
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- German: Saqquara
- German: Saqqāra
- Greek: Σακκάρα
- Hebrew: סאקרה
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- Hungarian: Szakkara
- Icelandic: Sakkara
- Indonesian: Saqqara
- Irish: Sacára
- Italian: Sakkara
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- Japanese: サッカラ
- Korean: 사카라
- Latin: Necropolis Saqqāra
- Latvian: Sakāra
- Lithuanian: Sakara
- Macedonian: Сакара
- Malayalam: സക്കാറ
- Norwegian: Saqqara
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sakkara
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- Norwegian Bokmål: Saqqâra
- Occitan (post 1500): Saqqara
- Persian: سقاره
- Polish: Sakkara
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- Portuguese: Sacara
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- Serbian: سقارة
- Serbo-Croatian: Sakara
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- Sinhala: සකාරා
- Slovak: Sakkára
- Slovenian: Sakara
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- Spanish: Saqqara
- Spanish: Saqqarah
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- Tamil: சக்காரா
- Turkish: Sakkara
- Turkish: Sakkara piramidi
- Ukrainian: Саккара
- Vietnamese: Saqqara
- Waray (Philippines): Saqqara
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In the Area
Localities
- Saqqara VillageNeighborhood
- Temple of the SunLocality, 2 km northwest
- Haram al MaharbashLocality, 2 km northwest
- Pyramid of Queen UdjebtenLocality, 2 km southwest
- Mit Rahina VillageNeighborhood, 2½ km east
- Mit RahinahVillage, 2½ km east
Landmarks
- Pyramid of Pepi IRuins
- Haram ash ShawwāfPyramid
- Pyramid of MerenreRuins
- Pyramid of Pepi IIRuins, 2 km southwest
- Dayr al Anbā ArmiyāsRuin, 2 km northwest
- Tall al FakhrīSummit, 2 km east
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original name: Şaqqārahgeographical location: Al Jizah (Giza), Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
geographical coordinates: 29° 51' 0' North, 31° 13' 0' East
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- River Nile Hotel (in Al Qahirah, distanced approximately 11 km)
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- Sofitel Cairo Maadi Towers & Casino ***** (in Al Qahirah, distanced approximately 13 km)
- Cataract Pyramids Resort ***** (in Al Jizah, distanced approximately 13 km)
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- Cairo - Maadi car rental (distanced approximately 14 km)
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