El Assas
 Article Series Egyptian Sites | ||
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| Prefectures / cities Monuments / Temples | ||
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| Lower Egypt / Middle Egypt Upper Egypt / Nubia | ||
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| 25 43 '00 "North 32 39 '00 "East / 25.71667, 32.65 | ||
El-Assas is a small valley of Thebes -west, which extends between Deir el-Bahari and Dra Abu el-Naga. It is the site of an ancient necropolis, which includes dozens of private tombs of nobles and high officials of the Middle Kingdom (-2022/-1650) and the New Kingdom (-1549/-1080) of the Third Intermediate Period (-1080/-656) and the beginning of the Late Period (-656/-332), but mainly nineteenth dynasty (-1295/-1186) and XX th Dynasty (-1186/-1069). However, the most majestic tombs date from the late period.
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