Naga ed-Deir

burial ground · 4500 BC – 2100 AD

The necropolis associated with the unlocated city This (Thinis), capital city of the unified Egyptian kingdom in the Early Dynastic period. The necropolis stretches for 1.5 kilometers and contains thousands of burials from the Predynastic period through the early Coptic period, with particularly large numbers of burials from the Predynastic period (ca. 3800–3200 BCE) and the late Old Kingdom-First Intermediate Period (ca. 2300–2061 BCE).

Coordinates

26.36667, 31.90000

Also known as

Naga ed-Deir, Naga ed-Dêr, Naj al Dayr, Naj‘ ad Dayr, Nag’ el Deir (arz), نجع الدير (arz)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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