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At the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site, for the last fifty years, of an extensive operation to discover its past.
This thoroughly updated in-depth study documents the uncovering by a dedicated team of Czech archaeologists of a hitherto neglected wealth of ancient remains dating from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period. This is Abusir, realm of Osiris, God of the dead, and its story is one of both modern archaeology and the long-buried mysteries that it seeks to uncover.
Acknowledgements
Foreword
In the Shadow of Memphis
Turbulent times at the turn of two dynasties
1. Abusir of Sons of the Sun
When the Sun ruled
Abusir – The royal necropolis
Eternal Residence of the King: The pyramid complex of Sahure
Three royal mothers named Khentkaus
The mystery of the Unfinished Pyramid
The Pyramid
The Early Temple
The testimony of the papyrus archives
Vizier Ptahshepses – Influential son-in-law of the king
Forgotten royal children
The cult, rituals and festivals
Funerary Cult of the Kings Buried at Abusir
Sun Temples of the Fifth Dynasty Kings
2. South Abusir
On the Way to the Great God
South Abusir in the Early Old Kingdom
Mastabas of the Fifth Dynasty Officials
In the Footprints of Thieves
3. The Other Abusir
The Traitor’s Tomb
Iufaa – Finally an Intact Tomb!
Menekhibnekau, Embalmers’ Cache and two lesser tombs
Bibliography
Chronological Table
Index