Resaeach of the Pharaonic site at Abusir-South, Egypt

我们的挖掘地点位于一座小山的山顶上。它位于塞卡拉塞拉佩姆西北约1公里处。1991年，在山顶上发现了拉美西斯二世的第四个儿子Khaemwaset的石头建筑。在过去的两个季节里，我们将挖掘区域扩展到石碑的西北部。对这一地区的挖掘产生了很好的结果：我们发现了另一座建筑，它是用泥砖建造的，尺寸约为22米乘25米。因为这个区域被彻底破坏了，只有基础砖被保留了下来。然而，在泥砖建筑周围发现了大量壁画和彩瓦的小碎片。在拆除了厚厚的一层之后，人们发现这座建筑的建造方式非常独特：它建在陡坡的顶部，而且建筑周围的地面被人为塑造，使建筑高于周围的环境，就好像它是建在从周围的地面上挖出来的平台上一样。迄今为止，已经发现了十多块描绘图特摩斯四世的石碑。我们还发现了一些刻有图特摩斯四世名字的印砖和泥封。这些物品可能是图特摩斯四世在山顶活动的有力证据。精心制作的蓝色彩陶碎片，也就是所谓的宫廷瓷器，也支持了这一证据。大量18朝中期的材料表明，Khaemwaset的纪念碑是在泥砖结构之前建造的。此外，这个泥砖结构可能在Khaemwaset建造他的纪念碑时仍然屹立不倒。因此，泥砖建筑的存在很可能影响了该地点Khaemwaset石碑的建造。

The site of our excavation is situated on a top of the small hill. which located about 1km north-west of the Serapeum at Saqqara. On the top of the hill, a stone building of Khaemwaset, the fourth son of Ramesses II, was discovered in 1991.During the last two seasons, we extended the excavation area to the north-west of the stone monument. The excavation of this area produced a good result : we found another building, that was built with mud-bricks and the dimensions of which are about 22m by 25m. Because this area was thoroughly disturbed, only the foundation bricks were preserved. However, great quantities of small fragments of mural painting and faience tiles were uncovered around the mud-brick building.After the thick layers were removed, it came to light that this building was constructed in a very unique way : it was built at the top of the steep incline, and moreover the ground around the building was artificially shaped to rise the building than its surroundings, as if it was intended to be built on the platform which was dug out from the surrounding ground.So far more than ten stelae depicting Tuthmosis IV were discovered. We also found some stamped bricks and mud sealings with the name of Tuthmosis IV. These objects could be strong evidence that Tuthmosis IV was active on the top of the hill. Elaborate blue-painted pottery sherds, so-called palace ware are also supporting this evidence.Abundance of the middle 18th Dynasty materials suggests that the Khaemwaset's monument was preceded by the mud-brick structure. Moreover, this mud-brick structure probably remained standing when Khaemwaset built his monument. Thus, it is likely that the existence of the mud-brick building had influence on the construction of the stone monument of Khaemwaset at this site.