Deshasheh
Alternative site names:
Deshasheh; ; Dechacha; Dashasha; Dechacheh; Deschascha; Deschascheh; Deshasha; Dichachah; Dishasha; Déchachèh; Dishasha
Arabic site names:
دشاشة
Site description:
The Old Kingdom rock-cut tombs are known for their decoration, including a rare relief scene depicting a siege of a fortified town in the tomb of Inty.
Type of site:
Tombs; cemetery
Timeframe:
Tombs (Old Kingdom); cemetary (Old Kingdom)
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Relevant publications:
Catalogue of antiquities from excavations at Deshasheh and Behnesa (Egypt Exploration Fund) and El Kab (Egyptian Research Account) : exhibited at University College, Gower St., London, July 1st to 31st 1897. 1897. London : Egypt Exploration Fund.
Petrie, W. M. Flinders 1898. Deshasheh 1897. Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund 15. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co.
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