Introduction The dog catacombs at Saqqara at part of the World Heritage site at Saqqara, an ancient Egyptian burial site located in the desert west of the Nile, near Memphis. The dog catacombs, as they are known, date to 747-730 B.C.   Saqqara is the location of the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest surviving […]

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