| el-Maʿmārīya · المعمارية | ||
| Governorate | Aswan | |
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| height | 89 m | |
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El-Mamariya (Arabic:المعمارية, al-Maʿmārīya, tooنخع المعمارية, Naǧʿ al-Maʿmārīya, „Hamlet of al-Maʿmārīya") is a egyptian Village about halfway between Esna and Edfu on the western side of the Nile. On the eastern edge of the village is the so-called. Pyramid of el-Kula.
background
The village of el-Maʿmārīya is located about 25 kilometers southeast of Esna and 25 kilometers northwest of Edfu.
getting there
The village is on the main road between Esna and Edfu and can be easily reached by taxi or minibuses.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
The main attraction is the 1 Pyramid of el-Kula(25 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ N.32 ° 44 ′ 1 ″ E), Arabic:هرم الكولة, Haram al-Kula. It is one of the best-preserved so-called small step pyramids. It is located on the eastern edge of the village, west of the trunk road and about one kilometer from the Nile.
kitchen
accommodation
Accommodation can be found in Luxor or Aswan.
trips
literature
- Small step pyramids
- : To the small step pyramids of Upper and Central Egypt. In:Communications from the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo Department (MDAIK), ISSN0342-1279, Vol.36 (1980), Pp. 43–59, panels 68–77, especially pp. 45 f., Panel 73.
- : Date and Function of the so-called Minor Step Pyramids. In:Göttinger Miscellen: Contributions to the Egyptological discussion (GM), ISSN0344-385X, Vol.162 (1998), Pp. 39-52.
- : The small step pyramids of the early Old Kingdom. In:Sokar: the world of the pyramids, ISSN1438-7956, Vol.7,12 (2006), Pp. 20-29.
- : The pyramids. Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verl., 1999, rororo; 60890, ISBN 978-3499608902 , Pp. 196-201, in particular pp. 198 f.
- Pyramid of el-Kula
- : Operations carried on at the pyramids of Giza in 1837; vol. 3: Appendix to operations carried on at the pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: containing a survey by J. S. Perring. London: Weale [et al.], 1842, P. 85.
- : El Kôlah: Mission de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1949. In:Chronique d'Égypte: Bulletin périodique de la Fondation égyptologique Reine Élisabeth (CdÉ), vol.25 (1950), Pp. 43-45.
