El Sheikh Sa'id is a small village in the Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt. Situated on the east bank of the Nile, it is named after a local Muslim saint buried in the area.
Overview El Sheikh Sa'id comprises the rock-cut tombs of the nomarchs of the Hare nome (the 15th Upper Egyptian nome) from the 6th Dynasty. These tombs are cut in steep cliffs.Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, New York, Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, , p. 134 The use of this necropolis declined during the First Intermediate Period, when the monarchial necropolis was transferred slightly northward to Deir El Bersha.Wolfram Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt: history, archaeology and society. London, Duckworth Egyptology, 2006, pp. 109–111
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