▁site ▁on ▁the ▁western ▁bank ▁of ▁the ▁N ile , ▁opposite ▁As wan . ▁The ▁name ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁d ome ▁of ▁the ▁tomb ▁of ▁an ▁Islam ic ▁she ikh , ▁but ▁arch ae olog ically , ▁it ▁is ▁usually ▁understood ▁as ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁tomb s ▁of ▁the ▁officials ▁l ined ▁up ▁on ▁artificial ▁terra ces ▁below ▁the ▁sum mit ▁of ▁the ▁N ile ▁bank ▁upon ▁which ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁tomb ▁stands . ▁ ▁An cient ▁Egypt ian ▁site ▁- ▁so ▁called ▁T omb s ▁of ▁Nob les ▁The ▁el ite ▁T omb s ▁date ▁mainly ▁from ▁the ▁Old ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁provide ▁an ▁insight ▁into ▁the ▁bur ial ▁trad itions ▁of ▁Upper ▁Egypt ian ▁N ome ▁ 1 ▁during ▁the ▁later ▁Old ▁Kingdom . ▁The ▁tomb s ▁include ▁the ▁famous ▁tomb ▁of ▁H ark h uf . ▁O thers ▁belong ▁to ▁Sab ni , ▁I sh em ai ▁or ▁He qa ib . ▁There ▁are ▁also ▁some ▁later ▁tomb s , ▁from ▁the ▁Middle ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁New ▁Kingdom . ▁Among ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁tomb s ▁are ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁expedition ▁leaders ▁( like ▁H ark h uf ) ▁des patch ed ▁to ▁distant ▁lands ▁to ▁negoti ate ▁the ▁ac quisition ▁of ▁foreign ▁goods ▁for ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁court . ▁During ▁the ▁Middle ▁Kingdom , ▁a ▁minor ▁san ctu ary ▁for ▁one ▁( or ▁more ) ▁of ▁these ▁leaders ▁( design ated ▁with ▁the ▁appel ation ▁" H eq a - jb ") ▁was ▁prominent ▁in ▁the ▁town ▁at