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Ahnas el Medineh Heracleopolis Magna With Chapters on Mendes the Nome of Thoth and Leontopolis WITH The Tomb of Paheri at El Kab Eleventh Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund

1894 · 53896 — London: Kegan Paul; Trench; Trübner & Co. et al. 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Good . Folio 12 1/2 x 10". 10 39 1pp Text xvii leaves Plates Ahnas el Medineh; vi 2 34 2pp Text x leaves Plates The Tomb of Paheri at El Kab. Original half brown cloth lettered in red over age toned printed boards. The rear board lists the previous publications of the Egypt Exploration Fund and the Archaeological Survey of Egypt. Boards are edgeworn and inner hinges are cracked but holding nicely.<br /> <br /> This 11th memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund contains the following two books: The first one "Ahnas el Medineh Heracleopolis Magna With Chapters on Mendes the Nome of Thoth and Leontopolis" deals with the results of two excavation campaigns undertaken by Swiss archaeologist Edouard Naville at Ahnas el Medineh mostly known as Heracleopolis Magna the Roman name of the capital of the 20th nome of ancient Upper Egypt. The site is located approximately 9.3 miles 13 km west of the modern city of Beni Suef in the Beni Suef Governorate of Egypt. <br /> <br /> This first part is illustrated with 17 plates 4 with b/w illustrations one map and 12 with striking photogravures<br /> <br /> The second book "The Tomb of Paheri at El Kab" deals with the excavations undertaken at the tomb of Paheri a local ancient Egyptian prince who lived in El Kab at the beginning of the 18th Dynasty New Kingdom - about 1500 BC. <br /> <br /> His grave was decorated with reliefs and is one of the best preserved of the early 18th Dynasty. The tomb highlights the important role of this city at the beginning of this era. The tomb consists of an aboveground chapel which consists of a room and has a shaft in front of it leading down to the burial chamber. <br /> <br /> In the grave the reliefs on the west wall depict mainly agricultural scenes and rituals for the dead in the center; on the east wall is depicted a large banquet. On the back wall is a niche containing three statues representing Paheri his wife Henuterneheh and his mother Kemi.<br /> <br /> This second part is illustrated with 10 plates b/w illustrations. Kegan Paul; Trench; Trübner & Co. et al. hardcover