Rock-Cut Tombs Of Beni Hasan With Spells, Prayers To Osiris And Anubis And Map To Underworld

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Beni Hasan is today an archaeological site in Egypt, in the Minya Governorate, on the eastern bank of the Nile.

The rock-cut tombs of the ancient Egyptian cemetery at Beni Hasan were mainly used during the Middle Kingdom, when dignitaries of the 11th and 12th dynasties ruled the area. 

Representation of Khety in his tomb (tomb 17). Image credit: Kurohito  - CC BY-SA 3.0

They were constructed for many powerful nobles and provincial governors of the 11^th and 12^th dynasties (2125-1795 BC). During the reign of Sesostris III, many local workers decorated them, but later, when Sesostris III's power was reduced, this burial tradition ceased.

There are 39 tombs carved into the limestone hillside south of the modern town of Minya on the east side of the Nile in Middle Egypt. Many have rich interior paintings depicting scenes from everyday life; most were robbed repeatedly in antiquity.

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