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Title: Raster Terrain map of Central and North Saqqara and Abusir archaeological areas, Egypt, Late Period and Greco-Roman Period (North raster)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2020
  • Coverage: 2020

Publishers

  • Stanford University Press

Summary

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 Late Period and the Greco-Roman Period. 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

Subjects

  • Ṣaqqārah (Egypt)
  • Archaeology
  • Imagery and Base Maps
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (31.1933061, 31.2304278, 29.9084766, 29.8603659)
  • Geometry: BBOX (31.1933061, 31.2304278, 29.9084766, 29.8603659)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Sullivan, Elaine A. Raster Terrain map of Central and North Saqqara and Abusir archaeological areas, Egypt, Late Period and Greco-Roman Period (North raster). Stanford University Press. Raster data. http://purl.stanford.edu/bc219nr7497

Format

ArcGRID

Languages

  • English