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الملخصيوجد فقط 14 صفحة متاحة للعرض العام
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المستخلص
Giza plateau used as a cemetery from pre-dynastic period, then it became the main cemetery of Memphis during the fourth dynasty from the reign of the kings Khufu, Khafre to Menkaure. While the pyramid of Khufu was being built, the area to the west of it was set apart for the tombs of the high dignitaries of state. The stublishment of the succeeding pyramids of Khafra and Menkaura limited the extension of the cemetery toward the south and no additional tombs built west of these two pyramids, although the priests of the Menkaura pyramid at one period had a small cemetery of their own to the southeast of that structure. The original royal cemetery therefore developed only toward the west and north as far as the natural configuration of the plateau made it practicable.It is clear that the area laid out according to a fairly regular and predetermined plan. The original scheme as begun under Khufu is now evident only in the western and part of the northern area. These were divided into a series of regular plots of ground, assigned by lot or selection to the different members of the court, who built on them a group of mastabas similar in size, design and structure.With the reign of Khafra a change began in the regularity of the plan, and the newer mastabas were constructed not in straight rows as before, but en echelon. Then in succeeding years, as the area became filled, the open passages between the large mastabas were used for smaller tombs built against the sides and ends of the previous ones, and in time the spaces became so filled with these tombs that access to any of them became difficult. Still later, when the cemetery had lost it distinctive royal character, the older structures were used for a number of intrusive burials, placed wherever seemed most convenient.Aim of Study:- This study is to present a comprehensive overview of the so-called “Minor cemeteries” at Giza.- Trying to answer the question: Why some tombs from this kind built in a separate cemeteries and the others built between the big mastabas like Abu Bakr cemetery to the North East of the Western cemetery. - Study the titles of the owners of the tombs to figure out their positions and to what class of the society they belonged . - Comparing other cemeteris that have the feachers of the minor cemeteir discovered by fisher that can be easily by this study given the term “Minor Cemeteries”, Like the Workers cemeterie discovered by Zahi Hawass south of the Sphinx, this cemetery studied in details in chapter 3, The Wadi Cemetery discovered by Reisner that studied as part of chapter 2. - The study focusing as well on the need for more excavation work in these cemeteries that can shed more light on the details of the life of those people as most the Archaeological work never ended, so, more work needed for full understanding of the Minor Cemeteries and their existence in the places they situated in the very beginning. Key word (not more than 10)Giza-Old Kingdom-Private tombs-Graves-Structures-Titles-Shaft-Building Materials.