Pyramid of Pharaoh Unis, 

 remains of temple and cause- 

 way at Saqqara. Dynasty V, 

 2400 B c 

 i& Margaret Sears 



Dynasty (about 2450 B.C.), and became the owners of a 

 fine tomb because ultimately they became pharaoh's 

 barbers and cosmeticians. The fine state of preserva- 

 tion of their tomb is one of those fortunate accidents of 

 circumstance that periodically come along in archaeol- 

 ogy. Later in Dynasty V, Pharaoh Unis (father of Unis- 

 ankh whose tomb chapel and burial chamber are fea- 

 tured in this exhibit) decided to build his pyramid and 

 complex just south of the great and imposing funerary 

 complex of Pharaoh Djoser of Dynasty III. By Dynasty 



V, this area of Saqqara had already become crowded 

 with private and royal tombs, among which was the 

 tomb of Ny-ankh-Khnum and Khnum-hotep. Unis's 

 pyramid complex entailed not only a pyramid, but also 

 a pyramid temple, a long causeway leading past culti- 

 vated fields to a valley temple, frequently found located 

 on a canal that gave access to the river. Unis's causeway 

 crossed over a number of earlier tombs, including that 

 of Ny-ankh-Khnum and Khnum-hotep, and these were 

 appropriated by the pharaoh in what might be termed 



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Pyramid complex of Pharaoh 

 Djoser (Dynasty III, ca. 2750 

 B c ), southern end, with 

 tombs of Unis complex 

 (2400 B c ), including Unis 

 Ankh, at Saqqara. 



© Margaret Sears 



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