El-Kab. Rock-cut tombs.

- El-Kab. Rock-cut tombs of Nekheb -

Rock-cut tombs, carved in the slope of the sandstone hill, are located in 450 meters to the north-east of the enclosure walls of the ancient city of Nekheb.


View to the Nekheb enclosure wall from the modern staircase, leading down the sandstone hill with rock-cut tombs.	View from the one of the rock-cut tombs to the enclosure wall of Nekheb. Year 1860~1900. Source: Library of Congress

А modern staircase, built in the early 1980, is leading to the terrace with the entrances into the rock-cut tombs - main necropolis of Nekheb.

General view of the terrace, leading to the tombs. Some of the tombs have no doors and inscriptions.

Among more than 300 ancient burials, discovered inside this hill, only some of them have inscriptions and bas-reliefs. Among the identified ones there are tombs of such historical personalities of the New Kingdom as the High Priest and Nomarh of Nekhen Renini, Setau, the valiant naval officer Ahmes (the son of Abana) and the mighty Nomarch of Esna and El-Kab Paheri.

Click on the name of the tomb on the map to go to the description page, or use the links below.

Renini

Ahmose

Setau

Paheri

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