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King Djer, Aha's son and successor, had 318 retainer sacrifices buried in his tomb, and 269 retainer sacrifices buried in enclosures surrounding his tomb. [3] Dr. O'Connor believes that the more than 200 graves found in King Djer's funerary complex contain retainer sacrifices, as well. [4]
Episode 1 of season 4 of Franklin & Bash, "The Curse of Hor-Aha" revolves around a rare Egyptian artifact and the protagonists trying to find it to get their boss back. Murder by the Gods: An Ancient Egyptian Mystery by William G. Collins is a thriller about Prince Aha (later king Hor-Aha), with Narmer as a supporting character.
The inscriptions, on ivory and wood, are in a very early form of hieroglyphs, hindering complete translation, but a label at Saqqarah may depict the First Dynasty practice of human sacrifice. [14] An ivory tablet from Abydos mentions that Djer visited Buto and Sais in the Nile Delta .
30th century BC: Pharaoh Qa'a was buried alongside his servants in the last Egyptian case of retainer sacrifice. [2] c. 3000 BC: Archeological evidence of human sacrifice in Başur Höyük in Turkey. [3] 2500 BC: Human sacrifice was performed in ancient city of Ur. [4] 1700–1550 BC: Evidence of human sacrifice by Kerma culture in modern Sudan ...
Mastaba S3504 (Saqqara Tomb No. 3504) is a large mastaba tomb located in the Saqqara necropolis in Lower Egypt. It was built during the reign of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Djet , in the First Dynasty ( Early Dynastic Period ), shortly after 3000 BC.
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Information about this dynasty is derived from a few monuments and other objects bearing royal names, the most important being the Narmer Palette and Narmer Macehead, as well as Den and Qa'a king lists. [5] [6] [7] No detailed records of the first two dynasties have survived, except for the terse lists on the Palermo Stone.
As the inclusion of expensive grave goods and of slaves or retainers became a sign of high status in the Bronze Age, the prohibitive cost led to the development of "fake" grave goods, where artwork meant to depict grave goods or retainers is produced for the burial and deposited in the grave in place of the actual sacrifice. [10]