You can imagine that Abydos still has one of the oldest mud-brick buildings in the world, and it is the “Shaunat El Zebib” building. Imhotep, the architect of King Zoser in his hierarchical group in Saqqara, most opinions suggest that it was one of the forts used during the period of unification of Egypt in the first dynasties, specifically during the reign of King Khasekhemwy due to finding pottery vessels bearing the name of the king 🔍👑📜🤫✌️🔥A sense of Shuneit el zebib in Abydos. The structure is among Egypts earliest surviving royal monuments and one of the oldest preserved mud brick buildings in the world.picture and comment#Sherif_Mahmoud

Shauna RaisinOne of the oldest monuments that still exist to this day, and you will be more surprised when you know that it is built of mud bricks, and it precedes all the pyramids in its construction history and is still present and retains its general planning and architectural features until now. It dates back to the era of King Khasekhemwe, the last kingThe second dynasty who built himself a cemetery about two kilometers away from Al-Shouna, in which 13 holes for the famous Abydos boats were found.It is considered the largest building from the era of the First and Second Dynasties, and it has great importance for the history of the Egyptian civilization. It covers an area of ​​10,000 square meters. It was called by that name because it was used to make wine. There are many pottery vessels on the southern side of the Shuna, where cow heads were found that were offered as offerings to the king. .It is the first huge mud-brick building, from which King Djoser, founder of the Third Dynasty, inspired the design of his pyramidal group at Saqqara.

Shouna Al-Zayeb is the largest building of the first and second family. It is of great importance to the history of the Egyptian civilization. It covers an area of ​​10,000 square meters. The southern side of the pylon contains many pottery vessels. The heads of cows were found as offerings to the king.The general secretary of Sohag governorate said that there are 14 formations of the suns sacred vessels to the east, indicating that these boats are older than King Khufus boats in Giza. He pointed out that solid bones were found for the first king, pointing out that the strength of these bones, Indicates that they were healthy.

Often the shouneh was built in the twelfth dynasty or later, as the mud bricks used in building the barn and the cemetery were used from the 12th family - because the mud brick is an advanced technology, after the use of stones and granite (by the first families)

One of the oldest monuments in the world. Abydos (in hieroglyphs: Ab-B-Djo) is a city in western Plena Most archaeologists unanimously agree that it is the first capital of Egypt at the end of the pre-captivity era and the first four families, dating back 5,000 years. It is located between Assiut and Luxor, near Qena. It was a holy city called Greeks tennis. Currently it is called the godmother buried with Balina and away from the Nile, about 11 km. It contains the Temple of Seti I and the Temple of Ramesses II and are distinguished by prominent ancient Egyptian inscriptions. This city was the main center for the worship of the god Osiris. The ancient Egyptians used to pilgrimage her to cry the god Osiris, the guardian of eternal life and the god of the West. And discovered the oldest boats in history in the ancient cemeteries to the west from the temple of Seti I Ibn Ramses I

The archaeological and historical Shounat al-Zabib, built by King Kha-Sakhmoy, one of the kings of the Second Dynasty, and it is the first huge building of mud bricks, from which “King Zoser”, founder of the Third Dynasty, was inspired to design his pyramid group in Saqqara. From the first and second dynasties, and it has great significance for the history of Egyptian civilization, with an area of ​​10 thousand square meters, and there are many pottery vessels in the southern part of the Shuna, where the heads of cows were found that were offered as sacrifices to the king.

A very important place in the old Egyptian colonel was used in the celebration of the Pharaohs and glorification and next to the private boats of the king the whole area is full of buried tombs of the kings of the Middle Kingdom

Historic neglected place

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