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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)
Overlay map: 
Original excavator's map of the archaeological features at Naqqada superimposed on a modern Google map image. Created by Bryony Smerdon, 2016.
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.

Site gallery: 

District of Riqqeh. .jpg

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Cemetery A.jpg [2]

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Tags: 
Original excavator's map of the archaeological features at Naqqada superimposed on a modern Google map image. Created by Bryony Smerdon [3]
2016 [4]
Source URL: https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/node/1093

Links
[1] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/file/district-riqqeh-jpg
[2] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/file/cemetery-ajpg
[3] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/tags/original-excavators-map-archaeological-features-naqqada-superimposed-modern-google-map-image
[4] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/tags/2016