Archaeological

W. M. Flinders Petrie was assisted with excavations by David Randall-MacIver

David Randall-MacIver

David Randall-MacIver 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 was built by Shona peoples.Randall-MacIver began his career working with Flinders Petrie in...

 and Arthur Cruttenden Mace

Arthur Cruttenden Mace

Arthur Cruttenden Mace was an English Egyptologist who began his career excavating with W. M. Flinders Petrie. Examples of his finds are in many museums in the United Kingdom.-Death:...

, these having been done on the behalf of the Egyptian Exploration Fund

Egypt Exploration Society

The Egypt Exploration Society is the foremost learned society in the United Kingdom promoting the field of Egyptology....

 (EEF). The excavations, considered in totality, consisted of sites along the west bank of the Nile

Nile

The Nile is a major north-flowing river in North Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is long. It runs through the ten countries of Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Egypt.The Nile has two major...

 in the Hiw region, found to contain artifacts of a Predynastic type. Prehistoric cemeteries were found at Abadiyas and Hu

Hu, Egypt

Hu is the modern name of an Egyptian town on the Nile, which in more ancient times was the capital of the 7th Nome of Upper Egypt. The nome was referred to as Sesheshet . The main city was referred to as Hu-sekhem, which was abbreviated as Hu. Which led to the Arabic name Hiw. In Ptolemaic times...

(Diospolis Parva).

Further reading

• Oxford University-School of Archaeology from Faculty of Oriental Studies-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) ] retrieved 18:21 30.9.11

External links

• Object found at cemetery, retrieved 21;21 30.9.11