Abusir

Taposiris Magna is an ancient town located on Lake Mariut which is today called Abusir, near the northern coastal city of Alexandria.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

According to the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, it's here, at a spot known as Abusir, that the tomb of Marc Antony and Cleopatra might be located.

CNN.com 2009

According to the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, it's here, at a spot known as Abusir, that the tomb of Marc Antony and Cleopatra might be located.

CNN.com 2009

According to the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, it's here, at a spot known as Abusir, that the tomb of Marc Antony and Cleopatra might be located.

CNN.com 2009

According to the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, it's here, at a spot known as Abusir, that the tomb of Marc Antony and Cleopatra might be located.

Egyptology News 2009

According to the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, it's here, at a spot known as Abusir, that the tomb of Marc Antony and Cleopatra might be located.

CNN.com 2009

According to the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, it's here, at a spot known as Abusir, that the tomb of Marc Antony and Cleopatra might be located.

LewRockwell.com 2009

Soldiers are still stationed at Saqqara and Abusir around the clock.

Jeffrey Bartholet: Report From Egypt: Checking Out the Tombs at Saqqara Jeffrey Bartholet 2011

In an email to colleagues, a European archaeologist in the area reported seeing roughly 200 people digging in a cemetery of Abusir at one point.

Jeffrey Bartholet: Report From Egypt: Checking Out the Tombs at Saqqara Jeffrey Bartholet 2011

"Thank God they didn't know what they were doing," says Mohammed Hussein, an Egyptian archaeologist who, like Farag, was present when the looting at Saqqara and nearby Abusir began on the evening of Saturday, January 29.

Jeffrey Bartholet: Report From Egypt: Checking Out the Tombs at Saqqara Jeffrey Bartholet 2011