Sakkara

Sak·ka·ra

S0086500 (sə-kär′ə) See Saqqara.

Saq•qa•ra

or

Sak•ka•ra (səˈkɑr ə)

n. a village in S Egypt, S of Cairo: site of the necropolis of Memphis. 12,700.

Thesaurus

Noun

Sakkara - a town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramidsSaqqara, SaqqarahArab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic - a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC

Sakkara

Saqqara

(säkä`rä), necropolis (burial place) of ancient MemphisMemphis
, ancient city of Egypt, capital of the Old Kingdom (c.3100–c.2258 B.C.), at the apex of the Nile delta and 12 mi (18 km) from Cairo. It was reputedly founded by Menes, the first king of united Egypt. Its god was Ptah.
..... Click the link for more information. , Egypt, 3 mi (5 km) from the Nile and on the border of the Libyan desert. Djoser (Zoser) had his famous step-pyramid, a precursor of the familiar straight-sided pyramid, built there in the III dynasty, and on the grounds are many pyramids that date from the V and VI dynasties. The Serapeum, burial place of the Apis bulls, dates from the later period. The oldest dated papyrus (VI dynasty) was discovered there in 1893.

Sakkara

noun

Synonyms for Sakkara

noun a town in northern Egypt

Synonyms

Saqqara
Saqqarah

Related Words

Arab Republic of Egypt
Egypt
United Arab Republic

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