Memphite Necropolis

<p>The Memphite Necropolis (or Pyramid Fields) is a series of <a href="/facts/Ancient_Egypt/BDsEGK4g">ancient Egyptian</a> funerary complexes occupying a 30-kilometer (19 mi) stretch on the <a href="/facts/Western_Desert_(Egypt)/Q3vN5YM5">Western Desert</a> plateau near the ancient capital of <a href="/facts/Memphis%2c_Egypt/g8BoleBx">Memphis</a> (modern day <a href="/facts/Giza/00UFktws">Giza</a>).
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<p>It includes the pyramid complexes of <a href="/facts/Giza_pyramid_complex/2cELBJX9">Giza</a>, <a href="/facts/Abusir/pyH6qkJn">Abusir</a>, <a href="/facts/Saqqara/QtU8ETnb">Saqqara</a> and <a href="/facts/Dahshur/cFPmT6wV">Dahshur</a> and is recognized by UNESCO as a <a href="/facts/World_Heritage_Site/6AbWWKV4">World Heritage Site</a>. In addition to many of the <a href="/facts/Egyptian_pyramids/gad114LI">pyramids</a> of the <a href="/facts/Old_Kingdom_of_Egypt/3Egn5RJd">Old Kingdom</a>, the necropolis is also populated with many tombs (e.g. <a href="/facts/Mastaba/Qrg8Ybpx">mastabas</a>), temples, and funerary artifacts. However, the site’s historical importance is not limited to these features. The necropolis also includes sites such as Heit al-Ghurab. Located in the southeastern area of the <a href="/facts/Giza_Plateau/Y0TuGIIo">Giza Plateau</a>, the site includes the village where craftsmen working on the tombs and pyramids would have lived. As a result of its status as physical and chronological behemoth, the Memphite Necropolis stands as a valuable tool to historians in understanding changes in Egyptian funerary culture and architecture across time.
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Memphite Necropolis