Raster Terrain map of Central and North Saqqara and Abusir archaeological areas, Egypt, Early Old Kingdom (Dynasty 1-4) (North raster)

Description:

Data has been geo-referenced to projected coordinate system WGS 1984 36N. Files have been slightly modified to remove modern roads, buildings, etc. around the archaeological area of Saqqara. Raster attempts to visualize ancient ground level during the end of the early Old Kingdom (circa Dynasty 4). Raster created using digitized contour line files based on the Egyptian Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction (MHR Le Caire) 1:5000 series, 1978, H21 and H22. Available at: https://lccn.loc.gov/00553301

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/rw502db1520

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/rw502db1520

Language:

English

Creator:

Sullivan, Elaine A.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Raster data

Subject:

Archaeology and Imagery and Base Maps

Temporal Coverage:

2020

Date Issued:

2020

Spatial Coverage:

Ṣaqqārah (Egypt)

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

ArcGRID