Saqqara

... kind of an electrical field as, as, as part of the shamanic, um, process going on in there.

J- Jeremy Naydler's one of those who's of the opinion that the Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt was c- constructed as part of a Heb Sed festival site, just like Saqqara, um, which had still, you can still see parts of its Heb Sed festival site next to the step pyramid at Saqqara.

But it's quite possible that Giza had the same role-

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The blessing of the gods and mine be on you both, my son." And she went away to attend to her household matters.

As we rode to Saqqara to find the holy Taneph here, I told Bez also, adding that I had forgotten to reveal that it was I who had spoken Amada's name to the king, but that I intended to do so ere long.

Bez rolled his eyes and answered, "If I were you, master, as I had forgotten, I should continue to forget, for what is welcome in one hour is not always welcome in another.

Why speak of the matter at all? Which is one hard to explain to a woman, however wise and royal.

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Chapter eleven, The Holy Tanephir.

We entered the city of graves that is called Saqqara.

In the center towered pyramids that hid the bones of ancient and forgotten kings, and everywhere around upon desert sands was street upon street of monuments.

including uh within the museums I mean uh I was at the London Museum a few weeks ago and and they had a few a few of them in there but it was like three or four, and you have this incredible collection.

But most of those were found at Saqqara or under the step pyramid, and they're still finding them.

When we were there a couple months ago, we found that they had found a bunch of new ones underneath the pyramid.

There's a number of tunnels, networks that are underneath that whole complex.

On deck, under the thick awning, sat her little family of passengers, and every few hours she eased down and sidled up to the bank to allow them to visit one more of that innumerable succession of temples.

The remains, however, grow more modern as one ascends from Cairo, and travellers who have sated themselves at Giza and Saqqara with the contemplation of the very oldest buildings which the hands of man have constructed, become impatient of temples which are hardly older than the christian era ruins which would be gazed upon with wonder and veneration in any other country are hardly noticed in egypt the tourists viewed with languid interest the half-greek art of the nubian bas-reliefs they climbed the hill of korosko to see the sun rise over the savage eastern desert they were moved to wonder by the great shrine of abu where some old race has hollowed out a mountain as if it were a cheese, and finally, upon the evening of the fourth day of their travels, they arrived at Wadi Haifa, the frontier garrison town, some few hours after they were due on account of a small mishap in the engine-room.

The next morning was to be devoted to an expedition to the famous rock of Abusir, from which a great view may be obtained of the second cataract.

At eight-thirty, as the passengers sat on deck after dinner, Mansoor, the dragoman, half-Copt, half-Syrian, came forward, according to the nightly custom, to announce the programme for the morrow.