对从乌姆·卡伯皇家墓地出土的遗骸进行的研究似乎证实了早期埃及学家的理论：服务于早期埃及国王的宫廷官员和工匠可能在统治者去世时被献祭，这是根据在几具古代头骨中发现的骨折得出的结论。
Study of remains taken from royal cemetery at Umm el-Qa’ab appears to confirm early Egyptologist’s theory Court officials and craftspeople serving early Egyptian kings may have been sacrificed when their ruler died, according to research that found fractures in several ancient skulls.
位于阿比多斯附近的乌姆·卡伯皇家墓地拥有埃及第一王朝统治者的陵墓和围墙，历史可追溯至公元前3000年。
The royal cemetery of Umm el-Qa’ab near Abydos features the tombs and enclosures of the First Dynasty rulers of Egypt, and dates as far back as 3,000BC.