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The Egyptian 1st Dynasty Royal Cemetery
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Around 3100 B.C. the kingship of Egypt, a country probably united already for over a century, passed into the hands of a family which tradition states originated from the Thinite nome in Upper Egypt. At about the same time the keeping of written records was begun and these first historic kings have come to form what we know as the 1st Dynasty. This was clearly a crucial and momentous period for under their rule Egyptian civilization began to take on that peculiarly characteristic form which was to last so long. It is obviously a matter of some consequence to be able to locate the tombs of these kings but here archaeology has provided a puzzle. For two quite separate sites have been identified as the royal cemetery of the period [I].
Title: The Egyptian 1st Dynasty Royal Cemetery
Description:
Around 3100 B.
C.
the kingship of Egypt, a country probably united already for over a century, passed into the hands of a family which tradition states originated from the Thinite nome in Upper Egypt.
At about the same time the keeping of written records was begun and these first historic kings have come to form what we know as the 1st Dynasty.
This was clearly a crucial and momentous period for under their rule Egyptian civilization began to take on that peculiarly characteristic form which was to last so long.
It is obviously a matter of some consequence to be able to locate the tombs of these kings but here archaeology has provided a puzzle.
For two quite separate sites have been identified as the royal cemetery of the period [I].
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