Beit Khallaf

Bait Challaf (Arabic بيت خلاف Bait Challāf, DMG Bayt Hallaf; alternative spellings: Beit Challaf, Beit Khallaf, Bet Khallaf and Kallaf Bayt ) is a small village in Middle Egypt, in the province Sauhadsch. It is 10 km west of Girga and 24 kilometers west-north- west of Abydos at the transition from the fertile Nile Valley to the Libyan desert. To ancient Egyptian times, the area belonged to Bait Challaf to Upper Egypt.

Egyptian necropolis

Outside the village there are five mastabas from the time of the third dynasty. In the largest of these, called Mastaba K1, were discovered during excavations of 1900-1902 seal impressions of Pharaoh Djoser and his mother Nimaathapi. The second largest mastaba ( mastaba K2) is a part of the research Sanacht, a king of the 3rd Dynasty, attributed. The third largest mastaba, K5, was a high official named Nedjem - Anch.