The Journal of the American Oriental Society, July 1st, 1996
The late Old Kingdom in Egypt witnessed a gradual breakdown of the central government headquartered at Memphis and a concomitant increase in the power of provincial leaders. One reflection of this transfer of power is the large rock-cut tombs constructed near the regional centers for the local authorities, who no longer felt compelled to be interred in the Memphite necropolis near the funerary complexes of their kings. Provincial cemeteries for late Old Kingdom local officials are numerous in Middle and Upper Egypt; notable examples include those at Dendereh, Sheikh Said, Deir el-Gebrawi, Desh...
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