1899-1900 Sheikh Said

Sponsor: 
Egypt Exploration Fund (EEF)
Type of fieldwork: 
Archaeological Survey
Illustration and Recording
Director: 
Norman de Garis Davies
Season summary: 

Davies started the survey and copying mission after December 17. He notes that some tombs which had been copied by Howard Carter in 1892 have now been defaced by Christian graffiti. Work ended in early February and Davies copied an Old Kingdom tomb at Minyeh.

Relevant publications: 

Davies, Norman de Garis,1900. Archaeological survey. Archaeological Report (Egypt Exploration Fund) (1899-1900), 4-7.

Davies, Norman de Garis, 1901. The rock tombs of Sheikh Saïd. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. 

 

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Sheikh Said