Abū Ṣīr el-Malaq
al-Wasta, Egypt
Abusir el-Meleq (Ar), also Abusir el-Melek - a town and archaeological site in Egypt, located in Beni Suef (Baniswēf), which is the capital city of the Beni Suef Governorate in Egypt, an important agricultural trade centre on the west bank of the Nile River. Abusir el-Meleq is located 114 km (70.8 miles) south of Cairo. It is home to the Necropolis of Abusir el-Meleq which was the main necropolis for Herakleopolis in the first Millenium BC. Of the many burials discovered here, 151 mummies were used in a 2017 DNA study comparing the mtDNA of Ancient Egyptians and modern Egyptians.
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