Shunet El Zebib, alternatively named Shuneh and Middle Fort, is a large mudbrick structure located at Abydos in Upper Egypt. The edifice dates to the Second Dynasty, and was built by the ancient Egypt
South-eastern wall of the Shunet El Zebib
North-eastern wall with well preserved niches
Marble vase from the tomb of Khasekhemwy. Abydos, circa 2700 BCE. Louvre Museum, E 23051
Limestone vessel with gold cover from Khasekhemwy's tomb
Gisr el-Mudir, also known as the Great Enclosure, is one of the oldest known stone structures in Egypt, located at Saqqara only a few hundred metres west of the Step Pyramid and the Buried Pyramid. Th
Chart of the Lepsius Expedition to Saqqara (1842). The northern part of Gisr el-Mudir is visible to the southwest of the Step Pyramid (north is at right)