At the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite
necropolis lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the
nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar
pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site,
for the last fifty years, of an extensive operation to discover its
past. This thoroughly updated in-depth study documents the uncovering by
a dedicated team of Czech archaeologists of a hitherto neglected wealth
of ancient remains dating from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period. This
is Abusir, realm of Osiris, God of the dead, and its story is one of
both modern archaeology and the long-buried mysteries that it seeks to
uncover.