Sakkara

(24) Newby's fiction charts the phases of post-war nationalism from the early disturbances in Kith (1977) and The Picnic at Sakkara, through the military coup in Revolution and Roses (1957) to the Suez Crisis in Something to Answer For and A Guest and His Going (1959).

Sites around the great pyramid at Giza, a Wonder of the Ancient World, the Sphinx and the cemetery at Sakkara have been nearly empty of tourists since a revolt started a month ago that ousted Hosni Mubarak, and now Egypt wants visitors to return.

The tomb is one of 36 New Kingdom tombs of the Ramesside period discovered at Sakkara between 1984 and 1988 by archaeologists from Cairo University.

It is one of two newly-discovered tombs found close to the entrance of Sakkara, the burial ground for Egypt's ancient capital.

It is one of two newly discovered tombs found by an Egyptian team working close to the entrance of Sakkara, the burial ground for Egypt's ancient capital.

The following day was dedicated to a guided tour with an Egyptologist to the Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis and Sakkara. It's hard to think of a more famous sight, ancient or otherwise, than the Pyramids of Egypt.

Michael Halford, trainer of Quinmaster and Sakkara Star

Created to honour King Zoser - the first ruler of the Third Dynasty - the central edifice of the 4600-year-old mastaba (a tomb for kings) at Sakkara, Egypt, is the oldest man-made building of any kind still in existence.

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Legend has it that when Nefertiti threw aside her slave-girl lover Sakkara, the poor girl fell victim to the vampire Rath and soon became a winged red demon thirsty for revenge.

However, Mick Halford's Sakkara Star might just be a fly in the ointment at decent odds of 12/1.

It's called the "City of the Dead." A short day trip from Cairo is to Sakkara. Remarkable underground tombs and 14 pyramids are here, including the Step Pyramid, the world's oldest intact stone structure.

The discovery of another ancient pyramid, 6,500 years old, which was announced in Egypt yesterday, has coincided with the return to Egypt of one of Britain's foremost Eygptologists, Professor WB Emery, the Edwards Professor at University College, London, who in April, also made important discoveries at Sakkara.

Oriental Weaver of America will show traditional red patterns in its new Sakkara Collection.