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)

Overlay map:

Original excavator's map of Dishasha cemetery superimposed on a modern Google map image. Created by Kristian Brink, 2015.

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.

Site gallery:

Deshasheh cemetery.jpg

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