Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6
Period Late Holocene·Regional culture Temple-Universal·🇪🇬 Egypt Region 6, Egypt
About
About Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6
Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6 in Egypt Region 6, Egypt is a Iron Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Late Holocene; Culture: Regional culture Temple-Universal; Field status: ongoing; Materials: granite, plaster; Condition: preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Temple-Universal temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Trade network extent
Theories
- 01Observatory
- 02Seasonal gathering
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Period Late Holocene
- Culture
- Regional culture Temple-Universal
- Purpose
- temple-complex ritual/settlement purpose for Temple-Universal
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1933
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6
On the ground
Structures & features
17.7274° S · 1.5456° E · 192 m · 4 mapped features
- Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6 — Principal Templetempletemple at Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6 — primary structure17.7274° S · 1.5442° E
- Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6 — Altar Annex 2altaraltar at Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6 — outlier feature17.7292° S · 1.5450° E
- Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6 — Southern Shrineshrineshrine at Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6 — primary structure17.7281° S · 1.5468° E
- Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6 — Eastern Templetempletemple at Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6 — subsidiary complex17.7290° S · 1.5438° E