el-Riqqa
Alternative site names:
el Riqqa; el-Riqqa; Riqqeh
Site description:
These extensive cemeteries date from the Predynastic through the New Kingdom. The majority of the tombs were simple shaft burials.
Type of site:
Cemeteries
Timeframe:
Cemeteries (Predynastic Period, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom)
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Relevant publications:
Catalogue of Egyptian antiquities: found by Prof. Flinders Petrie and students at Tarkhan, Riqqeh and Memphis, 1913 ; exhibited at University College, Gower St., London, June 30th to July 26th / British School of Archaeology in Egypt. 1913. London : BSAE.
Engelbach, R. 1915. Riqqeh and Memphis VI. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [25] (19th year). London: School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch.
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