el-Amrah

burial ground · 4500 BC – 2099 AD

Predynastic and Early Dynastic burial site containing over 1,000 burials. It is the type-site of the Amratian culture.

Coordinates

26.14312, 31.96845

Also known as

Al-ʿĀmirah, el-Amrah, el Amrah, el-ʿÂmra, el ʿÂmra (arz), العمرة (arz)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors

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