Abadiyeh, Egypt
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Abadiyeh is a place in
Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
situated about a dozen miles west of
Dendera Dendera ( ''Dandarah''; ; Bohairic ; Sahidic ), also spelled ''Denderah'', ancient Iunet 𓉺𓈖𓏏𓊖 “jwn.t”, Tentyris,(Arabic: Ewan-t إيوان-ة ), or Tentyra is a small town and former bishopric in Egypt situated on the west bank of ...
.


Archaeological

W. M.
Flinders Petrie Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie ( – ), commonly known as simply Sir Flinders Petrie, was an English people, English Egyptology, Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and the preservation of artefacts. ...
was assisted with
excavations In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. An excavation site or "dig" is the area being studied. These locations range from one to several areas at a time during a project and can be condu ...
by
David Randall-MacIver David Randall-MacIver FBA (31 October 1873 – 30 April 1945) was a British-born archaeologist, who later became an American citizen. He is most famous for his excavations at Great Zimbabwe which provided the first solid evidence that the site w ...
and
Arthur Cruttenden Mace Arthur Cruttenden Mace (17 July 1874 – 6 April 1928) was a Tasmanian-born English archaeologist and Egyptologist. He is best known for his work for the New York Metropolitan Museum, and as a part of Howard Carter's team during the excavatio ...
, these having been done on the behalf of the
Egyptian Exploration Fund The Egypt Exploration Society (EES) is a British non-profit organization founded in 1882 for the purpose of financing and facilitating the exploration of significant archeological sites in Egypt and Sudan, founded by writer Amelia Edwards and coin ...
(EEF). The excavations, considered in totality, consisted of sites along the west bank of the
Nile The Nile (also known as the Nile River or River Nile) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa. It has historically been considered the List of river sy ...
in the Hiw region, found to contain artifacts of a
Predynastic Prehistoric Egypt and Predynastic Egypt was the period of time starting at the first human settlement and ending at the First Dynasty of Egypt around 3100 BC. At the end of prehistory, "Predynastic Egypt" is traditionally defined as the period ...
type. Prehistoric
cemeteries A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many dead people are buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ) implies th ...
were found at Abadiyas and Hu (Diospolis Parva). Museum of Classical Archaeology, Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal (Durban)
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The prehistoric cemeteries at Abadiyeh were first excavated in 1898-1899, as part of a broader investigation of prehistoric Egyptian sites.


Further reading

* Oxford Universit

from

retrieved 17;59 30.9.11- both showing ''Rowland, J.M., (2007), Excavating the early cemeteries of Egypt: el Amrah, el Mahasna, Hu and Abadiyeh: in “The Egypt Exploration Society - The Early Years (ed., Spencer, P.)”, pp 168-197, The Egyptian Exploration Society, London.''
Egypt Exploration Fund-Archæological report ([1893-1912])
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Object found at cemetery
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