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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tjebu tombs Alternative Name: Qaw, AntaeopolisCountry: Egypt
NOTE: This site is 8.732 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Asyut Nearest Village: Qaw El Kebir
Latitude: 27.113688N Longitude: 31.346912E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Barrow Cemetery in Lower Egypt (North)
Near the site, there are also simple tombs of the pre-dynastics/Neolithic Naqada period. In cliffside quarries not far from the ancient site, there are reliefs of the gods Antaeus (Antiwey) and Nephthys.
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