Gebelein Archaeological Project in 2019: Northern necropolis and the temple complex

Gebelein Archaeological Project in 2019: Northern necropolis and the temple complex

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Continued archaeological Multivitamin surveys at two sites in the Gebelein area, the Northern Necropolis and the temple complex, have contributed new data for a better understanding of the ancient remains.Geophysical anomalies detected in 2015 in the western part of the Northern necropolis should now be interpreted most probably as tombs with mud-brick walls.Mounds of earth in the central part of the Womens Shorts necropolis yielded numerous artifacts dating from between the Naqada I and the early Old Kingdom periods; they are likely to have been dumped from a nearby settlement site, probably the ancient town of Sumenu.Work in the temple complex was aimed at protecting the structure made of inscribed mud-bricks dating from the Twenty-first Dynasty.