Nomes of Lower Egypt in the early Fifth Dynasty

Autor: M. I. Khaled
Jazyk: German<br />English
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, Vol 70, Pp 19-27 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0424-7116
2199-9090
DOI: 10.5194/egqsj-70-19-2021
Popis: Having control over the landscape played an important role in the geography and economy of Egypt from the predynastic period onwards. Especially from the beginning of the Old Kingdom, we have evidence that kings created new places (funerary domains) called (centers) and (Ezbah) for the equipment of the building projects of the royal tomb and the funerary cult of the king, as well as to ensure the eternal life of both kings and individuals. Kings used these localities in order to do so, and they oftentimes expanded the border of an existing nome and created new establishments. Consequently, these establishments were united or divided into new nomes. The paper discusses the geography of Lower Egypt and the associated royal domains in the early Fifth Dynasty based on the new discoveries from the causeway of Sahura at Abusir.
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