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  • Deir el-Bersha

  • Deir el-Bersha

    Deir el-Bersha is a village in Middle Egypt. It is located on the east bank of the Nile in the al-Minya governorate. During the Middle Kingdom it was the chief cemetery of the governors of the 15th Upper Egyptian Nome, dating back to the Eleventh and Twelfth Dynasties.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Necropolises of Middle Egypt, from the Middle Empire to the Roman period.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Deir el-Bersha
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    Deir el-Bersha

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2003

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    Tombs and Necropolises

    Location

    Egypt

    Minya

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    Second Millennium BC

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