Saqqara

or Sak·ka·ra

[ suh-kahr-uh ]

noun

1. a village in S Egypt, S of Cairo: site of the necropolis of ancient Memphis; step pyramids; mastabas.

Example Sentences

Archaeologists have been digging at a site about 20 miles south of Cairo called Saqqara.

From Popular-Science

The evidence of such practices can be discerned from a burial chamber bas-relief in the Saqqara necropolis that depicts workers force-feeding poultry animals with food pellets.

From Realm of History

I was inside a burial shaft in Saqqara, the ancient necropolis roughly 19 miles south of Cairo.

From Washington Post

In Saqqara, 17 Egyptian kings built pyramids to house their remains and possessions for what they believed was the transition to the afterlife.

From Washington Post

The Saqqara necropolis is at once a center of the country’s aspirations and of its subterranean secrets.

From Washington Post

So with the pyramid of Assa, who is mentioned in tablets at Saqqara, Karnak, and elsewhere.

From Project Gutenberg