Author: Goneim, M. Zakaria.
Title: Excavations at Saqqara. Horus Sekhem-Khet. The Unfinished Step Pyramid at Saqqara. Volume 1. [All Published].
Description: Le Caire: Imprimerie de L'Institut Francais D'Archeologie Orientale, 1957. 1957. - Quarto, 13-1/2 inches high by 11 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed tan wrappers titled in black on the front cover and on the spine. The spine and edges of the covers are faded with minor chips to the edges and to the head & tail of the spine. xii, 36 & [4] pages, with illustrations in the text, & 73 plates. The pages are unopened. The front endpaper is very slightly foxed and the top corners of the first couple of pages are creased. Very good

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"One of the least explored zones of Saqqara is that vast low tract along the western margin of the Necropolis and stretching south of the Serapeum. While undertaking a minute investigation of that area in September, 1951, I noted a vast, oblong, artificial terrace which lies at a distance of about 144 m. to the south-west of Djoser's enclosure and extends from north to south. This terrace is situated in the south-east corner of an area which is bounded on the east by Djoser's western enclosure wall and the pyramid of Unis and on the west by the great enclosure found by Jaques de Morgan and subsequently worked on for one season (1947-1948) by the late Abdessalam Hussein." - from the introductory text. Very good .

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY; EGYPT; HORUS SEKHEM-KHET; M. ZAKARIA GONEIM; EXCAVATIONS AT SAQQARA; STEP PYRAMID; SAQQARA; ANTIQUITIES; EGYPT; ARCHAEOLOGY; EXCAVATIONS; FOUILLES; PYRAMIDS; CATALOGS OF PYRAMIDS; TOMBS; SEKHEM-KHET; KING OF EGYPT; PLATES; DJOSER; JAQUES DE M

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