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Abusir name comes from ancient Egyptian name Per Usiris or Per Asar, “The house of Osiris”, the god judge of the dead and lord of resurrection, when a pharaoh died his spirit was suppose to integrate with Osiris spirit and became Osiris.
This city was a necropolis between Gizeh and Memphis.
Gizeh also was a necropolis, famous by having the Great Pyramids; Memphis was the ancient Egyptian capital during the “Old Empire” period.
The pharaoh Sahu-Re or Sahu-Ra, second ruler of the fifth dynasty was the first Egyptian sovereign to build his funerary complex in Abusir area, fallowing his predecessor Userkaf founder of the fifth dynasty that constructed his pyramid at Sakkara but did build his funerary solar temple in Abu Ghurab close to Abusir.
Sahure mortuary temple built at the east side base of the pyramid is better conserved and certainly build with better stone quality than the pyramid and the temples of the Gizeh complex although most of the stones have been carried away they still preserve round and square columns, carving and decorative form and part of the black granite that made the floor.
The pyramids in Abusir originally were fourteen but only can be seen now four and their standing is in way a bit deteriorated, the highest the pyramid of Neferirkare, probably reached 65 m (217 feet) about the size of Micerino’s pyramid, the smallest of the of the well know pyramids of Gizeh.
In Abusir also is the famous Ptah Shepses Mastaba complex.
Sahure pyramid is about 78 m by 78 m and a height of 48 m conformed by six stone steps in a way is similar to Zoser’s (or Djoser) step pyramid the first pyramid at Sakkara build during the third dynasty but the Abusir pyramids had a stone casing over now gone, that gave them the looks of the Gizeh pyramids.
There are proofs that since the reign of Sahure or Sahura Egyptians made trade trips with Punt a far away place that took years to complete, but the navigation time or distance are unknown.
There is much controversial in reference to Punt but for sure nobody knows exactly were it was. But exchange or not in Peru South America there is a coastal desert place known as Sechua that has a pronunciation similar to this Pharaoh’s name.
In Sahure complex were found inscriptions of the goddess Bast meaning that this goddess was worshiped in Abusir.
In Ancient Peru can be also found a goddess with similar characteristics like the goddess Bast and has a design in the forehead similar to the Egyptian hieroglyph to write her name.
This city was a necropolis between Gizeh and Memphis.
Gizeh also was a necropolis, famous by having the Great Pyramids; Memphis was the ancient Egyptian capital during the “Old Empire” period.
The pharaoh Sahu-Re or Sahu-Ra, second ruler of the fifth dynasty was the first Egyptian sovereign to build his funerary complex in Abusir area, fallowing his predecessor Userkaf founder of the fifth dynasty that constructed his pyramid at Sakkara but did build his funerary solar temple in Abu Ghurab close to Abusir.
Sahure mortuary temple built at the east side base of the pyramid is better conserved and certainly build with better stone quality than the pyramid and the temples of the Gizeh complex although most of the stones have been carried away they still preserve round and square columns, carving and decorative form and part of the black granite that made the floor.
The pyramids in Abusir originally were fourteen but only can be seen now four and their standing is in way a bit deteriorated, the highest the pyramid of Neferirkare, probably reached 65 m (217 feet) about the size of Micerino’s pyramid, the smallest of the of the well know pyramids of Gizeh.
In Abusir also is the famous Ptah Shepses Mastaba complex.
Sahure pyramid is about 78 m by 78 m and a height of 48 m conformed by six stone steps in a way is similar to Zoser’s (or Djoser) step pyramid the first pyramid at Sakkara build during the third dynasty but the Abusir pyramids had a stone casing over now gone, that gave them the looks of the Gizeh pyramids.
There are proofs that since the reign of Sahure or Sahura Egyptians made trade trips with Punt a far away place that took years to complete, but the navigation time or distance are unknown.
There is much controversial in reference to Punt but for sure nobody knows exactly were it was. But exchange or not in Peru South America there is a coastal desert place known as Sechua that has a pronunciation similar to this Pharaoh’s name.
In Sahure complex were found inscriptions of the goddess Bast meaning that this goddess was worshiped in Abusir.
In Ancient Peru can be also found a goddess with similar characteristics like the goddess Bast and has a design in the forehead similar to the Egyptian hieroglyph to write her name.
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