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Sais was Egypt's capital in the 26th Dynasty, but it also had an earlier history, unknown before the EES/ Durham University/ SCA work at the site. This volume is the final excavation report for work carried out in the Northern Enclosure area of the site at Kom Rebwa, funded by the British Academy through the Egypt Exploration Society and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Excavations between 2000 and 2004 uncovered levels dating between the 20th Dynasty and the Third Intermediate Period. The best preserved levels consisted of part of a house, whose roof had collapsed and an earlier kiln, used for firing faience beads as well as pottery. Lower, buried layers also included Old Kingdom material, hinting at the earlier history of the area. The report contains invaluable information about everyday rural life in the Delta, with anlayses of the different layers, the pottery and the small finds, as well as plant remains and animal bones.
Price: £70.00
Pages: 409
Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society
Imprint: Egypt Exploration Society
Series: Excavation Memoir
Publication Date:
31 December 2011
ISBN: 9780856982026
Format: Paperback
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Penelope Wilson studied the hieroglyphic texts in the Temple of Edfu, for her PhD awarded in 1991. She worked in the Department of Antiquities, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge for seven years and is now Professor of Egyptian Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University. She has worked on excavations and surveys in Egypt since 1983, including at sites such as Qasr Ibrim, Tell el-Balamun and Zawiyet Umm el Rakham. Since 1997 she has been Field Director of the EES/ Durham University Project at Sais and has continued to carry out surveys of sites throughout the north-western Delta.