Shunet el-Zebib - Abydos, Egypt

Shunet el-Zebib, literally meaning "raisin barn" or "storage of the raisins", is a large mudbrick structure located at Abydos in Upper Egypt. The edifice dates to the Second Dynasty (circa 2750 BCE), and was built by the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Khasekhemwy. The structure is one of Egypt’s oldest standing royal monuments and one of the oldest preserved mud brick buildings in the world.
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