Western Cemetery (Giza)

Egypt / Giseh / Gizeh / Giza
 necropolis, cemetery, ancient, place with historical importance, archaeological site, interesting place
The West Field is located to the west of Khufu’s pyramid. It is divided up into smaller areas such as the cemeteries referred to as the Abu Bakr Excavations (1949-50, 1950-1,1952 and 1953), and several cemeteries named based on the mastaba numbers such as Cemetery G 1000, Cemetery G 1100, etc. The West Field contains Cemetery G1000 – Cemetery G1600, and Cemetery G 1900. Further cemeteries in this field are: Cemeteries G 2000, G 2200, G 2500, G 3000, G 4000, and G 6000. Three other cemeteries are named after their excavators: Junker Cemetery West, Junker Cemetery East and Steindorff Cemetery
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza_West_Fieldopolis#Construction
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Coordinates:   29°58'49"N   31°7'45"E

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  • Can anybody tell whats why the city is so called? Is this place related to any spititual part?
  • this place is called "necropolis" because it's a cemetery.but they say,in ancient egypt there were guards for cemeteries and this guards live near the graves with their families.time after time,this places increased in size and they becamed a kind of small cities formed by sheds.but i haven't seen the giza yet,so i'm not sure about this second idea.but i can comfortably say that the "necropolis" means cemetery.essentially this is the reason of being "city of the dead".
  • It's not a "City of the dead", it's "just" a cemetery. Real City of the dead is a part of Cairo, you can see it here: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=30.052705&lon=31.284385&z=17&l=28&m=h&v=2
  • yes, yes, yes,is big ´¨s
  • the cemetery is in the shape of a bird
  • i love this map thing it is so cool
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