Saqqara
Saqqara is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo and to the extensive ancient necropolis on the plateau above the Nile Valley, the location of tombs and pyramids dating to the Predynastic, Old Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Periods of ancient Egyptian history.Notable Places in the Area
Memphis
Memphis is the English name for the present-day site of one of the great ancient capital cities of Egypt.Pyramid of Djedkare-Isesi
Photo: Didia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The pyramid of Djedkare Isesi is a late 25th to mid 24th century BC pyramid complex built for the Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Djedkare Isesi.
Mastabat al-Fir'aun
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The Mastabat al-Fir'aun is the grave monument of the ancient Egyptian king Shepseskaf, the last king of the Fourth Dynasty documented to date.
Localities in the Area
Badrashin
Badrashin is a city, and capital of the eponymous markaz, in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Badrashin is situated 4½ km east of Saqqara.Saqqara
- Type: Village with 450 residents
- Description: village in Giza Governorate, Egypt
- Categories: necropolis, archaeological site and locality
- Location: Giza Governorate, Lower Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.8503° or 29° 51' 1" northLongitude
31.2283° or 31° 13' 42" eastPopulation
450Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)Open Location Code
7GXHV62H+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 331877485OpenStreetMap Feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
349608Wikidata ID
Q192134Saqqara Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Saqqara
- Arabic: Saqqara
- Arabic: سقارة
- Arabic: سقاره
- Arabic: صقارة، الجيزة
- Armenian: Սակկարա
- Basque: Sakkara
- Basque: Saqqara
- Belarusian: Сакара
- Bosnian: Saqqara
- Catalan: Saqqara
- Cebuano: Şaqqārah
- Chinese: 塞加拉
- Chinese: 撒卡拉
- Chinese: 沙卡拉
- Chinese: 萨卡拉
- Chinese: 薩卡拉
- Croatian: Sakara
- Croatian: Sakkara
- Croatian: Saqqara
- Czech: Sakkára
- Danish: Sakkara
- Dutch: Sakkara
- Dutch: Saqqara
- Egyptian Arabic: سقاره
- English: Saccara
- English: Sakkara
- Esperanto: Sakkara
- Finnish: Sakkara
- Finnish: Saqqara
- French: Nécropole de Saqqara
- French: Nécropole de Saqqarah
- French: Sakkarah
- French: Saqqara
- French: Saqqarah
- Galician: Saqqara
- German: Pyramidenkomplex von Saqqāra
- German: Sakkara
- German: Saqqara
- German: Saqquara
- Greek: Σακκάρα
- Hausa: Saqqara
- Hebrew: סאקרה
- Hebrew: סקארה
- Hungarian: Szakkara
- Icelandic: Sakkara
- Igbo: Saccara
- Igbo: Saqqara
- Indonesian: Saqqara
- Irish: Sacára
- Italian: Sakkara
- Italian: Saqqara
- Italian: Saqqarah
- Japanese: サッカラ
- Korean: 사카라
- Latin: Necropolis Saqqāra
- Latvian: Sakāra
- Lithuanian: Sakara
- Macedonian: Сакара
- Malayalam: സക്കാറ
- Norwegian: Saqqara
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sakkara
- Norwegian Bokmål: Saqqara
- Norwegian Bokmål: Saqqâra
- Occitan (post 1500): Saqqara
- Persian: سقاره
- Polish: Sakkara
- Polish: Saqqara
- Portuguese: Sacara
- Portuguese: Sacará
- Portuguese: Sakara
- Portuguese: Sakkara
- Portuguese: Saqqara
- Russian: Саккара
- Scots: Saqqara
- Serbian: Sakara
- Serbian: Сакара
- Serbian: سقارة
- Serbo-Croatian: Sakara
- Serbo-Croatian: Sakkara
- Serbo-Croatian: Saqqara
- Sicilian: Saqqara
- Sinhala: සකාරා
- Slovak: Sakkára
- Slovenian: Sakara
- Slovenian: Sakkara
- Spanish: Sakkara
- Spanish: Saqqara
- Spanish: Saqqarah
- Swedish: Sakkara
- Swedish: Saqqara
- Tagalog: Saqqara
- Tamil: சக்காரா
- Thai: ซักกอเราะฮ์
- Turkish: Sakkara
- Turkish: Sakkara piramidi
- Ukrainian: Саккара
- Vietnamese: Saqqara
- Waray (Philippines): Saqqara
- Wu Chinese: 萨卡拉
- Ṣaqqâra
In the Area
- Saqqara VillageNeighbourhood
- Al ShimbabVillage, 3½ km southeast
- Al Shanbab VillageNeighbourhood, 3½ km southeast
- Haram Senusret IIILocality, 3½ km south
- Al AziziaNeighbourhood, 3½ km northeast
- West Market HousingNeighbourhood, 4 km east
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