el-Riqqa

Alternative site names:
el Riqqa; el-Riqqa; Riqqeh

Timeframe:
Cemeteries (Predynastic Period, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom)

Site description:

These extensive cemeteries date from the Predynastic through the New Kingdom. The majority of the tombs were simple shaft burials.

Site Gallery

Bibliography

Catalogue of Egyptian antiquities: found by Prof. Flinders Petrie and students at Tarkhan, Riqqeh and Memphis, 1913 ; exhibited at University College, Gower St., London, June 30th to July 26th / British School of Archaeology in Egypt. 1913. London : BSAE.

Engelbach, R. 1915. Riqqeh and Memphis VI. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [25] (19th year). London: School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch.