El Hawawish

Rock tombs at El Hawawish

El Hawawish (Arabic: الحواويش) is the ancient necropolis (cemetery) for the city of Akhmim in the 9th Nome of Upper Egypt (UE09), in modern the Sohag Governorate, Egypt.

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26°36′N 31°49′E / 26.600°N 31.817°E / 26.600; 31.817

History

Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period

The local deity of El Hawawish was the fertility and productivity god Min, similar to nearby Akhmim.

Tombs of the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period are located in the El Hawawish mountain.[1]

  • Name not preserved (J 2), FIP
  • Tjeti (I 49) 9th Dynasty
  • Kheni-ankhu (H 15) 8/9/10th dynasty
  • Rehu-Rausen (BA 17) 10th Dynasty
  • Bawi (BA 14) 10th Dynasty

Archaeology

The cemetery was excavated extensively by an Australian archaeological and epigraphic expedition under the auspices of the Australian Centre for Egyptology and Macquarie University and the direction of Professor Naguib Kanawati.

See also

Bibliography

  • Naguib Kanawati, with contributions by Ann McFarlane, Colin Hope, Nabil Charoubim, John Curro, Naguib Maksoud, Reece Scannell, Elizabeth Thompson, Naguib Victor, Gaye Wilson, The Rock Tombs of El-Hawawish: The Cemetery of Akhmim, Volumes I–X, (The Ancient History Documentary Research Centre, Sydney, 1980–1992).
  • (Australian Centre for Egyptology Studies: 2) Naguib Kanawati, with a Chapter by Ann McFarlane, Akhmim in the Old Kingdom, Part I: Chronology and Administration, (Sydney, 1992). ISBN 0-85668-603-4.

References

  1. ^ Kanawati, Naguib; Scannell, Reece (1990). Sohag in Upper Egypt: A Glorious History. Giza: Prism Archaeological Series 4. p. 16. ISBN 9772350025.