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Definition of Saqqarah
1. Noun. A town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids.
Generic synonyms: Town
Group relationships: Arab Republic Of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saqqarah
Literary usage of Saqqarah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Egypt Under the Pharaohs: Derived Entirely from the Monuments by Heinrich Karl Brugsch, Henry Danby Seymour (1881)
"The place is near the modern village of Saqqarah, but it was situated on the
steep height of the desert, and it is probable that the building with steps, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology by Society of Biblical Archaeology (1887)
"Certainly the cemeteries of Gizeh and Saqqarah were used at the same periods.
Sometimes the father is buried at Gizeh, the son at Saqqarah, or vice vend. ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Among the most interesting remains of the period is a papyrus roll found in 1893
at Saqqarah near the Step Pyramid. This papyrus contains an account of the ..."
4. Notes on the Hebrew text of the books of Samuel: With an Introduction on by Samuel Rolles Driver (1890)
"A somewhat earlier type of the Egyptian Aramaic character is exhibited on the
stele of Saqqarah (W. of Memphis), found in 1877'; the stele of Carpentras has ..."
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