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  • Sarcophagus of Ty in the burial chamber in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The sarcophagus and burial chamber are undecorated, in contrast to the walls of the other spaces in the tomb. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Serapeum of Saqqara, a burial place of the sacred bulls of the Apis cult, built 18th - 30th dynasties, at Saqqara, Egypt. The bulls were believed to be incarnations of the god Ptah, becoming Osiris-Apis after death. They were buried in canopic jars and sarcophagi in underground chambers. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Serapeum of Saqqara, a burial place of the sacred bulls of the Apis cult, built 18th - 30th dynasties, at Saqqara, Egypt. The bulls were believed to be incarnations of the god Ptah, becoming Osiris-Apis after death. They were buried in canopic jars and sarcophagi in underground chambers. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Serapeum of Saqqara, a burial place of the sacred bulls of the Apis cult, built 18th - 30th dynasties, at Saqqara, Egypt. The bulls were believed to be incarnations of the god Ptah, becoming Osiris-Apis after death. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Serapeum of Saqqara, a burial place of the sacred bulls of the Apis cult, built 18th - 30th dynasties, at Saqqara, Egypt. The bulls were believed to be incarnations of the god Ptah, becoming Osiris-Apis after death. They were buried in canopic jars and sarcophagi in underground chambers. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Granite apis sarcophagus at the Serapeum of Saqqara, a burial place of the sacred bulls of the Apis cult, built 18th - 30th dynasties, at Saqqara, Egypt. The bulls were believed to be incarnations of the god Ptah, becoming Osiris-Apis after death. They were buried in canopic jars and sarcophagi in underground chambers. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abandoned sarcophagus in the northern corridor of the Serapeum of Saqqara, a burial place of the sacred bulls of the Apis cult, built 18th - 30th dynasties, at Saqqara, Egypt. The bulls were believed to be incarnations of the god Ptah, becoming Osiris-Apis after death. They were buried in canopic jars and sarcophagi in underground chambers. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Butchers cutting up a cow to present joints of meat as offerings, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fishing scene with fishermen on papyrus boats busing both hook and line and dip net, relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Offering bearers carrying trays of food, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, and courtyard, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men on a papyrus boat fishing with nets, with hippopotamus, crocodile and fish in the river below, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man hunting hippopotamus in the river Nile, man fishing with net, and (right), birth of a baby hippopotamus, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, and chapels (left) in the jubilee courtyard, used when celebrating the Sed festival, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonaded entrance to the step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The long entrance hall is flanked by engaged stone columns in the form of bundles of papyrus or palm branches, and at each end, an immobile stone imitation open door. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Collection of taxes from defaulters and scribes recording the accounts of the princess' estates, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fishermen using hook and line and dip net, and various fish species in the river Nile, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0192.jpg
  • Men carrying birds and trays of food as offerings, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0194.jpg
  • Butchers cutting up a cow and men carrying joints of meat as offerings, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • False door stele with relief, hieroglyph inscriptions and central niche used by the ka or spirit of the deceased, for the journey between the 2 worlds, at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut, probably the daughter of king Unas, has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0197.jpg
  • Birth of a baby hippopotamus in the river Nile, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • False door stele with relief, hieroglyph inscriptions and central niche used by the ka or spirit of the deceased, for the journey between the 2 worlds, at the Tomb of Iynefert, chief justice and vizier, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, along the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief on a tomb wall at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • False door stele with reliefs and hieroglyph inscription on a tomb at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hieroglyphic inscription above the entrance to a tomb at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, and chapels (left) in the jubilee courtyard, used when celebrating the Sed festival, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bakers making bread, and officials giving finances to scribes who record them, painted relief, on the west wall of the offerings storeroom in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0216.jpg
  • Winnowing, with men with pitchforks putting the grain into a large silo or sack, painted relief, on the east wall of the chapel in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, and chapels (left) in the jubilee courtyard, used when celebrating the Sed festival, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pavilion of the south, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pavilion of the south, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pyramid of Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, built c. 2345 BC, and in the foreground, mastaba tombs, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, and courtyard, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pyramid of Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, built c. 2345 BC, and in the foreground, a restored mastaba tomb, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying joints of meat as offerings, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Butchers cutting up a cow to present joints of meat as offerings, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scribes recording the taxes and accounts of the princess' estates, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance in enclosure wall to the funerary complex of Djoser, and (right), the step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0183.jpg
  • Valley temple of Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, built c. 2345 BC, an access temple for his pyramid, situated next to a lake connected to the river Nile, at Saqqara, Egypt. The valley temple receives the deceased during the funeral for purification before processing to the tomb along a causeway. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Collection of taxes from defaulters, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0189.jpg
  • Men rowing in a papyrus boat and procession of offering bearers with trays of food, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cattle crossing the river and men in a papyrus boat, with crocodile and fish in the river below, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Papyrus boat, with details of offering bearers and fishermen using hook and line and dip net, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men leading oxen to be sacrificed for the prince, painted relief in the mastaba tomb of Unasankh, prince and son of king Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • False door stele with relief and hieroglyph inscriptions and central niche used by ka or spirit of the deceased, on a tomb at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gateway at the beginning of the Unas causeway, linking the mortuary pyramid of Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, built c. 2345 BC, to his valley temple, at Saqqara, Egypt. The causeway is 720-750m long and built of stone with a roof and walls covered with reliefs. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scribes recording goods, with steward Sheset-seped, archivist Imem and scribes Hen and Hemmu (left-right), painted relief, on the west wall of the offerings storeroom in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ty in 1 of the 2 serdabs, seen through a hole in the wall, surrounded by painted reliefs, in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shipyard workers, with men building boats, painted relief, on the east wall of the chapel in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0220.jpg
  • Valley temple of Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, built c. 2345 BC, an access temple for his pyramid, situated next to a lake connected to the river Nile, at Saqqara, Egypt. The valley temple receives the deceased during the funeral for purification before processing to the tomb along a causeway. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0223.jpg
  • Men carrying birds and trays of food as offerings, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ty standing holding his staff of office, on a papyrus boat in marshland with papyrus plants, with men hunting hippopotamus with spears, painted relief, on the north wall of the chapel in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian cemetery from colonial times, on a site originally used as a native burial ground, in the archaeological centre of the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton of a Spanish officer with armed folded across his chest, in a grave in the Christian cemetery from colonial times, on a site originally used as a native burial ground, in the archaeological centre of the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian cemetery from colonial times, on a site originally used as a native burial ground, in the archaeological centre of the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian cemetery from colonial times, on a site originally used as a native burial ground, in the archaeological centre of the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian cemetery from colonial times, on a site originally used as a native burial ground, in the archaeological centre of the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of the Christian cemetery from colonial times, on a site originally used as a native burial ground, in the archaeological centre of the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Amesbury Archer, a Late Neolithic skeleton, 2400-2200 BC, found in a grave near Stonehenge, in the Salisbury Museum, housing archaeological collections from Stonehenge and other local sites from prehistory to the present day, in The King's House, Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The burial site is over 4000 years old, one of the earliest bell beaker graves in Britain. The Archer was 35-45 years old when he died and was placed in a wooden chamber beneath a low mound. His left kneecap was missing which would have caused him to have a bad limp. His grave contained an unusually large number and variety of objects, including 5 beaker pots, 18 arrowheads, 2 bracers (archer’s wrist guards), 4 boars’ tusks, 122 flint tools, 3 copper knives, a pair of gold hair ornaments, and a cushion stone. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Necropolis, with stone chests containing cremated ashes dating from 8th - 6th century BC, and sarcophagi from 6th - 5th century BC, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, who built an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, which thrived until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Necropolis, with stone chests containing cremated ashes dating from 8th - 6th century BC, and sarcophagi from 6th - 5th century BC, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, who built an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, which thrived until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Necropolis, with stone chests containing cremated ashes dating from 8th - 6th century BC, and sarcophagi from 6th - 5th century BC, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, who built an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, which thrived until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Early christian necropolis, dating from the late Roman period, probably after Bishop Fructuosus and his deacons Augurius and Eulogius were burnt in the amphitheatre in 259 AD, and used until 5th century, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.  The cemetery was discovered in 1925 and over 2,000 tombs excavated. Behind is the museum building of the paleochristian necropolis, part of the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona. Tarragona was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Diagram of the 'Gondole Knights' burial ground, with horse skeletons, excavated in 2002 by Cabezuelo, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. This large necropolis was found off the road between Gergovie and Gondole, and many humans and animals were found buried in what are thought to be ritual burial grounds. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of a suburb of Gondole, 2nd century BC, scale 1:125, with a house just outside the settlement's fortifications with several outbuildings and wells, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. On the wall behind is a diagram of the 'Gondole Knights' burial ground, with horse skeletons, excavated in 2002 by Cabezuelo. This large necropolis was found off the road between Gergovie and Gondole, and many humans and animals were found buried in what are thought to be ritual burial grounds. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chieftain mound, 2200-1750 BC, an early Dilmun tomb at the Janabiyah Burial Mound Field, part of the Dilmun Burial Mounds site, Janabiyah, Bahrain. This is 1 of 5 Chieftain Mounds, up to 26m wide, where people were buried above ground in the foetal position with a small alcove containing offerings, usually pottery, in 2 tiered chambers. The Janabiyah tombs were constructed for residents of the villages of Saar and Budaiya. These tombs are at risk, due to the planned construction of a shopping mall. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chieftain mound, 2200-1750 BC, an early Dilmun tomb at the Janabiyah Burial Mound Field, part of the Dilmun Burial Mounds site, Janabiyah, Bahrain. This is 1 of 5 Chieftain Mounds, up to 26m wide, where people were buried above ground in the foetal position with a small alcove containing offerings, usually pottery, in 2 tiered chambers. The Janabiyah tombs were constructed for residents of the villages of Saar and Budaiya. These tombs are at risk, due to the planned construction of a shopping mall. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of part of the 'Gondole Knights' burial ground, with horse skeletons, excavated in 2002 by Cabezuelo, and behind, screen depicting Julius Caesar, general of the Roman army in the Battle of Gergovie, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. This large necropolis was found off the road between Gergovie and Gondole, and many humans and animals were found buried in what are thought to be ritual burial grounds. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chieftain mound, 2200-1750 BC, an early Dilmun tomb at the Janabiyah Burial Mound Field, part of the Dilmun Burial Mounds site, Janabiyah, Bahrain. This is 1 of 5 Chieftain Mounds, up to 26m wide, where people were buried above ground in the foetal position with a small alcove containing offerings, usually pottery, in 2 tiered chambers. The Janabiyah tombs were constructed for residents of the villages of Saar and Budaiya. These tombs are at risk, due to the planned construction of a shopping mall. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chieftain mound, 2200-1750 BC, an early Dilmun tomb at the Janabiyah Burial Mound Field, part of the Dilmun Burial Mounds site, Janabiyah, Bahrain. This is 1 of 5 Chieftain Mounds, up to 26m wide, where people were buried above ground in the foetal position with a small alcove containing offerings, usually pottery, in 2 tiered chambers. The Janabiyah tombs were constructed for residents of the villages of Saar and Budaiya. These tombs are at risk, due to the planned construction of a shopping mall. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chieftain mound, 2200-1750 BC, an early Dilmun tomb at the Janabiyah Burial Mound Field, part of the Dilmun Burial Mounds site, Janabiyah, Bahrain. This is 1 of 5 Chieftain Mounds, up to 26m wide, where people were buried above ground in the foetal position with a small alcove containing offerings, usually pottery, in 2 tiered chambers. The Janabiyah tombs were constructed for residents of the villages of Saar and Budaiya. These tombs are at risk, due to the planned construction of a shopping mall. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chieftain mound, 2200-1750 BC, an early Dilmun tomb at the Janabiyah Burial Mound Field, part of the Dilmun Burial Mounds site, Janabiyah, Bahrain. This is 1 of 5 Chieftain Mounds, up to 26m wide, where people were buried above ground in the foetal position with a small alcove containing offerings, usually pottery, in 2 tiered chambers. The Janabiyah tombs were constructed for residents of the villages of Saar and Budaiya. These tombs are at risk, due to the planned construction of a shopping mall. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chieftain mound, 2200-1750 BC, an early Dilmun tomb at the Janabiyah Burial Mound Field, part of the Dilmun Burial Mounds site, Janabiyah, Bahrain. This is 1 of 5 Chieftain Mounds, up to 26m wide, where people were buried above ground in the foetal position with a small alcove containing offerings, usually pottery, in 2 tiered chambers. The Janabiyah tombs were constructed for residents of the villages of Saar and Budaiya. These tombs are at risk, due to the planned construction of a shopping mall. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chieftain mound, 2200-1750 BC, an early Dilmun tomb at the Janabiyah Burial Mound Field, part of the Dilmun Burial Mounds site, Janabiyah, Bahrain. This is 1 of 5 Chieftain Mounds, up to 26m wide, where people were buried above ground in the foetal position with a small alcove containing offerings, usually pottery, in 2 tiered chambers. The Janabiyah tombs were constructed for residents of the villages of Saar and Budaiya. These tombs are at risk, due to the planned construction of a shopping mall. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A'ali Royal Mound 8, a fully excavated asymmetric mound with 5 side niches which were presumably filled with grave goods, 1 of 17 Royal Mounds at the Dilmun Burial Mound Field, early Dilmun period, 2200-1750 BC, at A'ali, Bahrain. The field contains thousands of burial mounds and a local pottery industry has grown up around some of the mounds. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dilmun Burial Mound Field, early Dilmun <br />
period, 2200-1750 BC, at A'ali, Bahrain. The field contains thousands of burial mounds and also a group of huge mounds known as Royal Mounds. A local pottery industry has grown up around the mounds. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dilmun Burial Mound Field, early Dilmun <br />
period, 2200-1750 BC, at A'ali, Bahrain. The field contains thousands of burial mounds and also a group of huge mounds known as Royal Mounds. A local pottery industry has grown up around the mounds. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, photograph, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This is a royal cemetery built for the Dilmun kings outside their capital Qal'at al-Bahrain, with 14 mounds built along a ceremonial route. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Excavation of one of the Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, aerial photograph, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This is a royal cemetery built for the Dilmun kings outside their capital Qal'at al-Bahrain, with 14 mounds built along a ceremonial route. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, aerial photograph, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This is a royal cemetery built for the Dilmun kings outside their capital Qal'at al-Bahrain, with 14 mounds built along a ceremonial route. The Bahrain National Museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Burial of Christ, painting on wood, by an unknown artist, on a 14th century altarpiece, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Burial of Christ, painting on wood, by an unknown artist, on a 14th century altarpiece, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female adult skeleton and pottery burial offerings in a clay bathtub sarcophagus, late Dilmun period, excavated under the floor of a house by the Danish Expedition in 1957, photograph, in the Qal'at Al-Bahrain Site Museum, near Manama in Bahrain. The museum was opened in 2008, displaying artefacts of the history and archaeology of the Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lycian tombs at Tepecik Necropolis on Tepecik Hill, with the Arch of Mettius Modestus in the distance, Patara, Antalya, Turkey. The necropolis sits on a Neolithic mound dating to the 7th century BC and contains a whole range of tomb types dating from the 5th century BC, including temple tombs, monumental tombs, temenos tombs, U-shaped altar tombs, chamber tombs, rock-cut tombs, underground chamber tombs, pithos burials, simple burials and sarcophagi. The triple-vaulted triumphal Arch of Mettius Modestus is composed of 4 massive piers connected by 3 arches. It functioned as the final part of the aqueduct built by Trebonius Proculus Mettius Modestus, governor under the emperor Trajan. Patara was a maritime Greek and Roman city on the South West Mediterranean coast of Lycia near modern-day Gelemis. It was said to be founded by Patarus, son of Apollo, and was famous for its temple and oracle of Apollo. It was a leading city of the Lycian League. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lycian tombs at Tepecik Necropolis on Tepecik Hill, with the Arch of Mettius Modestus in the distance, Patara, Antalya, Turkey. The necropolis sits on a Neolithic mound dating to the 7th century BC and contains a whole range of tomb types dating from the 5th century BC, including temple tombs, monumental tombs, temenos tombs, U-shaped altar tombs, chamber tombs, rock-cut tombs, underground chamber tombs, pithos burials, simple burials and sarcophagi. The triple-vaulted triumphal Arch of Mettius Modestus is composed of 4 massive piers connected by 3 arches. It functioned as the final part of the aqueduct built by Trebonius Proculus Mettius Modestus, governor under the emperor Trajan. Patara was a maritime Greek and Roman city on the South West Mediterranean coast of Lycia near modern-day Gelemis. It was said to be founded by Patarus, son of Apollo, and was famous for its temple and oracle of Apollo. It was a leading city of the Lycian League. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lycian tombs at Tepecik Necropolis on Tepecik Hill, Patara, Antalya, Turkey. The necropolis sits on a Neolithic mound dating to the 7th century BC and contains a whole range of tomb types dating from the 5th century BC, including temple tombs, monumental tombs, temenos tombs, U-shaped altar tombs, chamber tombs, rock-cut tombs, underground chamber tombs, pithos burials, simple burials and sarcophagi. Patara was a maritime Greek and Roman city on the South West Mediterranean coast of Lycia near modern-day Gelemis. It was said to be founded by Patarus, son of Apollo, and was famous for its temple and oracle of Apollo. It was a leading city of the Lycian League. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of tomb in the burial vaults of Isfandiyarkhan's mother and son as well as his own burial site, 1913, seen through carved wooden panel, inside a two-storey building, erected in the yard in front of the Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum complex, 14th-16th centuries, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010, in the afternoon. The mausoleum centres on the two-cupola shrine of Pahlavan Mahmud, Khiva's  patron saint and is also the burial complex of the Qungrat Khans. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Voyage to Abydos, cult centre of Osiris, god of the dead, fresco, detail, on the west wall of the burial chamber in the Tomb of Sennefer, mayor of Thebes in the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom, in the Valley of the Nobles, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles are the burial sites of workers, priests, soldiers and officials. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sarcophagi in the Abbot Hilduin Chapel, originally built 9th century and rebuilt 12th century to support Abbot Suger's choir above, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries, Paris, France. The crypt has 7 radiating chapels, reflecting those of the ambulatory above. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary slabs in the Bourbon vault or Hilduin chapel, with walls and capitals dating to the 12th century, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. This remains interred in this vault include Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVIII and Louis VII. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The bones of kings placed in the Cour des Valois in 1793 are removed to be placed in a vault, on the 20th January 1817, detail of a painting by Francois Joseph Heim, 1787-1865, in the sacristy of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crypt, parts of which survive from the earlier Carolingian church, containing tombs and with massive columns supporting the basilica above, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. In the centre are the funerary slabs in the Bourbon vault or Hilduin chapel, with walls and capitals dating to the 12th century, housing the remains of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVIII and Louis VII. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The bones of kings placed in the Cour des Valois in 1793 are removed to be placed in a vault, on the 20th January 1817, detail of a painting by Francois Joseph Heim, 1787-1865, in the sacristy of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary slabs in the Bourbon vault or Hilduin chapel, with walls and capitals dating to the 12th century, in the crypt of the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. This remains interred in this vault include Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVIII and Louis VII. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coastal fortress of Qal'at al-Bahrain, near the main fortress at Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation, near Manama in Bahrain. The site consists of a tell or artificial mound 12m high containing 7 layers of archaeological remains dating from 2300 BC to the 18th century, topped with a medieval fortress. There is evidence of Kassites, Greeks, Portuguese and Persians, with burial sites, fortifications and residential areas. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coastal fortress of Qal'at al-Bahrain, near the main fortress at Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation, near Manama in Bahrain. Behind is the Museum of Qal'at al-Bahrain. The site consists of a tell or artificial mound 12m high containing 7 layers of archaeological remains dating from 2300 BC to the 18th century, topped with a medieval fortress. There is evidence of Kassites, Greeks, Portuguese and Persians, with burial sites, fortifications and residential areas. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coastal fortress of Qal'at al-Bahrain, near the main fortress at Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation, near Manama in Bahrain. The site consists of a tell or artificial mound 12m high containing 7 layers of archaeological remains dating from 2300 BC to the 18th century, topped with a medieval fortress. There is evidence of Kassites, Greeks, Portuguese and Persians, with burial sites, fortifications and residential areas. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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