Author: Kamil O. Kuraszkiewicz | Pages: 395–402
Abstract
The Old Kingdom tombs in Saqqara do not display a single orientation. In the present paper, the orientation of particular structures is analysed. Four groups of tombs are identified based on their orientation and an explanation of the differences is proposed.
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