During the
6th Dynasty, the powerful
nomarchs of the 12th
nome of
Upper Egypt were buried in rock-cut tombs near Deir El Gabrawi. Some of these
nomarchs held the title Great Overlord of the Abydene Nome, and so controlled a large area extending from the 8th nome (
Abydos) to the 13th nome of
Upper Egypt.
It is remarkable that some scenes in the tomb of one of these
nomarchs, Ibi, occur again in the
Theban tomb (
TT36) of a man of the
same name from the reign of
Psammetichus I, about 1600 years later.
Egypt
