SAQQARA
EGYPT
SOME REMARKS ON THE EARLY OLD
KINGDOM STRUCTURES ADJOINING
ON THE WEST ENCLOSURE WALL OF THE
NETJERYKHET FUNERARY COMPLEX
Fabian Welc
Further exploration of the area around
a rock-cut hypogeum with entrance ramp
from the north, excavated in 2004-2005,
were aimed at uncovering accompanying
structures in an effort to precise the date
of this structure (on the hypogeum,
Fig. 1. General view of the area excavated in squares 2002 and 2102, view from the northeast. 1 —
eastern edge of Floors 1 and 2; 2 — Floors 1 and 2 visible in the southern wall of shaft 101;
3 — Floor 1 extending directly east of the rock-cut hypogeum; 4 — Floor 2 on its brick bedding;
3 — stone casing of rock-cut hypogeum; 6 — depression hewn in the rock south of the hypogeum;
7 — Floor 3 (Photo F. Welc)
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EGYPT
SOME REMARKS ON THE EARLY OLD
KINGDOM STRUCTURES ADJOINING
ON THE WEST ENCLOSURE WALL OF THE
NETJERYKHET FUNERARY COMPLEX
Fabian Welc
Further exploration of the area around
a rock-cut hypogeum with entrance ramp
from the north, excavated in 2004-2005,
were aimed at uncovering accompanying
structures in an effort to precise the date
of this structure (on the hypogeum,
Fig. 1. General view of the area excavated in squares 2002 and 2102, view from the northeast. 1 —
eastern edge of Floors 1 and 2; 2 — Floors 1 and 2 visible in the southern wall of shaft 101;
3 — Floor 1 extending directly east of the rock-cut hypogeum; 4 — Floor 2 on its brick bedding;
3 — stone casing of rock-cut hypogeum; 6 — depression hewn in the rock south of the hypogeum;
7 — Floor 3 (Photo F. Welc)
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