El Hawawish () is the ancient

necropolis A necropolis (: necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'' (). The term usually implies a separate burial site at a distan ...

(cemetery) for the city of

Akhmim Akhmim (, ; Akhmimic , ; Sahidic/Bohairic ) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. Referred to by the ancient Greeks as Khemmis or Chemmis () and Panopolis (), it is located on the east bank of the Nile, to the northeast of Sohag. ...

in the 9th Nome of Upper Egypt (UE09), in modern the

Sohag Governorate Sohag () is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in the southern part of the country (Upper Egypt), and covers a stretch of the Nile Valley. Since 1960, its capital has been the city of Sohag. Prior to that, the capital was the city ...

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History

Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period

The local deity of El Hawawish was the fertility and productivity god Min, similar to nearby Akhmim. Tombs of the

Old Kingdom In ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning –2200 BC. It is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or the "Age of the Pyramid Builders", as it encompasses the reigns of the great pyramid-builders of the Fourth Dynast ...

and

First Intermediate Period The First Intermediate Period, described as a 'dark period' in ancient Egyptian history, spanned approximately 125 years, c. 2181–2055 BC, after the end of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Kingdom. It comprises the seventh Dynasty, Seventh (altho ...

are located in the El Hawawish mountain. * Name not preserved (J 2), FIP * Tjeti (I 49) 9th Dynasty * Kheni-ankhu (H 15) 8/9/10th dynasty * Rehu-Rausen (BA 17) 10th Dynasty * Bawi (BA 14) 10th Dynasty

Archaeology

The cemetery was excavated extensively by an

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n archaeological and epigraphic expedition under the auspices of the Australian Centre for Egyptology and

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and the direction of Professor

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Bibliography

* Naguib Kanawati, with contributions by Ann McFarlane, Colin Hope, Nabil Charoubim, John Curro, Naguib Maksoud, Reece Scannell, Elizabeth Thompson, Naguib Victor, Gaye Wilson, ''The Rock Tombs of El-Hawawish: The Cemetery of Akhmim, Volumes I–X'', (The Ancient History Documentary Research Centre, Sydney, 1980–1992). * (Australian Centre for Egyptology Studies: 2) Naguib Kanawati, with a Chapter by Ann McFarlane, ''Akhmim in the Old Kingdom, Part I: Chronology and Administration'', (Sydney, 1992). .

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