El-Assasif
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1854 photo of a Pink Granite Gate, by John Beasley Greene
El-Assasif is a necropolis on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahri, and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.
El-Assasif contains burials from the 18th, 25th and 26th dynasties of ancient Egypt, covering the period c. 1550 to 525 BC across all three dynasties.
Notable burials
18th Dynasty
- TT192 – Kharuef
- AT28 - Vizier Amen-Hotep, Huy
25th Dynasty
26th Dynasty
- TT27 – Sheshonq
- TT33 – Pediamenopet
- TT36 – Ibi
- TT37 – Harwa
- TT188 – Parennefer
- TT279 – Pabasa
- TT389 – Basa
- TT410 – Mutirdis
- TT414 – Ankhhor
See also
Coordinates: 25°43′N 32°39′E / 25.717°N 32.650°E
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