Beni Hassan has yielded images of animals hardly ever seen in Egyptian art, such as bats, pigs, and an incredibly rare image of a pelican.

The Beni Hasan necropolis sits on the eastern banks of the Nile in what used to be known as Middle Egypt. Today, the site is located about 150 miles south of Cairo.

Beni Hassan is an ancient Egyptian necropolis located approximately 20 kilometres to the south of Minya. It includes 39 rock-hewn tombs, some of which belong to the Old Kingdom, but the majority ...

Nevine El-Aref , Sunday 17 Oct 2021 The second phase of the development of the visitors’ services at the Beni Hassan archaeological site in Minya has been completed in collaboration between the ...

Books Received Published: 21 December 1893 The Tombs at Beni Hasan Nature 49, 169–170 (1893) Cite this article ...