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The Cemeteries of Abydos

by Kathleen Haddon, H. R. M. A. Hall, Humphrey Milford, Edouard Naville, T. Eric Peet, Kegan Paul. 102 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Kathleen Haddon, H. R. M. A. Hall, Humphrey Milford, Edouard Naville, T. Eric Peet, Kegan Paul

Publisher:

  

Place of Publication:

  London  

Publication Year:

  1913
Subjects:   Tombs--Egypt, Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt, Abydos (Egypt : Extinct City), Egypt--Antiquities
Table of contents
CONTENTS.
LIST OF PLATES ix
PREFACE xi
CHAPTER I. THE MIXED CEMETERY (E). GENERAL CHARACTER 1
CHAPTER II. THE MIXED CEMETERY. DESCRIPTION 12
CHAPTER III. UMM EL-GA'AB 35
CHAPTER IV. THE POTTERY ETC. OF UMM EL-GA'AB 37
CHAPTER V. REPORT ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF MUMMY DOGS 40
CHAPTER VI. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES 49
INDEX 53
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