Deir el-Gabrawi
Deir el- Gebrawi is a village in Middle Egypt, about 12 km east of the present town of Manfalut on the east side of the Nile and its name to a nearby necropolis from the pharaonic period. The necropolis spread over two separate cliffs, the "Northern Cliff" and the " Southern Cliff". During the late Old Kingdom and perhaps during the First Intermediate Period came here about 120 rock tombs, of which 16 have pictorial representations and inscriptions. Of particular importance are the graves of several district princes of the 12th nome of Upper Egypt, partially clothed, other high offices of state as that of the vizier, or a superintendent of Upper Egypt. These graves are in the southern group of Ibi and Zau, as well as in the northern group of those Henqu I., Hemre I, II and Henqu Hemre II
History of Research
The necropolis has been visited since the mid-19th century by several researchers, however, a first detailed description undertook only Norman de Garis Davies in 1900. Davies mainly focused its work on the southern group of the graves. A detailed documentation of the northern group was only in 2004 by Naguib Kanawati. It was found in many tombs a strong deterioration of the conservation status, which is mainly due to the activities of grave robbers, the wall decorations away in the 1970s.