Saqqara
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- proper noun
- /sæˈkɑːrə/
- Over nearly a millennium, Djoser's successors built 13 more pyramids at Saqqara.
- tombs at Saqqara
Examples
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For 3,000 years Saqqara has been the burial ground for the city of Memphis.
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Saqqara's unique wealth of royal tombs, however, is due to its proximity to Memphis.
Academic text (2006) -
I wanted to go to Saqqara.
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The morning began with an argument outside the ticket office at Saqqara.
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We got to Saqqara at two, and the driver said he was leaving at two-thirty.
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A funeral will bring thousands of pilgrims to Saqqara.
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The vast Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara is now emerging from the shadow of Giza and the Valley of the Kings.
Academic text (2006) -
Saqqara remained the favored place for most royals, given its centrality and its antiquity.
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Tired of tomb-trudging in the midday heat, I visit Kamal Wahid, director of Saqqara's antiquities, in the old administrative center high on the escarpment.
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The Step Pyramid of Djoser is one of the most famous structures located at Saqqara.
Synonyms
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A town in northern Egypt with some of the oldest pyramids
An ancient town in northern Egypt with some of the oldest pyramids like the Step Pyramid of Djoser
Surface Forms
Etymology
Saqqara likely comes from an old Egyptian god's name, Sokar, also written Seker, who was a 'god of the dead' and of burial places. That's why Saqqara is the name of the ancient burial ground with many old tombs and pyramids.