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<< Image Pages >> Shunet ez Zebib - Ancient Temple in Egypt in Upper Egypt (South)

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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Shunet ez Zebib
Country: Egypt Region: Upper Egypt (South) Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Luxor  Nearest Village: Abydos
Latitude: 26.189484N  Longitude: 31.908113E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Shunet ez Zebib submitted by durhamnature : Plan of Abydos with location of temple top right, from "History of Egypt..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Upper Egypt (South)

Large rectangular east west oriened mudbrick funerary temple structure with fortress like walls dating from about 2780 BCE. It was built by 2nd Dynasty King Khasekhemwy, and is similar to the larger and later stone structure built at Sakkara south of cairo.
The mud brick walls stood up to 11 meters talls and were up to 5 meters thick.
Due to the advanced decay of the vulnerable mud bricks, about 250,000 new mud bricks were created over the last couple of weeks by the locals under supervision of Egyptologists according to the ancient recipe in order to shore up the most vulnerable sections

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