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Gurob

Alternative site names: 
Ghurab; Gourob; Medinet el-Ghourab; Medinet el-Ghourob; Medinet el-Ghurab; Medinet el-Ghurob; Medinet el-Gurob; Medinet Gurob; Medinet Ghurab; Medinet el-Ghourab; Medinet el Ghourab; Kom Medinet Gurob; Kom Medinet Ghourob; Kom Medinet Ghurob
Type of site: 
Temple; palace; town; cemetary; animal necropolis
Timeframe: 
Temple (18th Dynasty); palace (18th Dynasty); town (18th Dynasty-19th Dynasty); cemetary (Naqada Period, Early Dynastic Period, Old Kingdom, First Intermediate Period, late Middle Period, Second Intermidate Period, New Kingdom, Late Period, Ptolemaic Period); animal necropolis (19th Dynasty)
Overlay map: 
Excavator's sketch map showing the northern, western and southern tomb groups at Gurob, superimposed on a modern Google map image. Created by Kristian Brink, 2015.
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Relevant publications: 

Hand list for visitors to the collection of antiquities discovered in the Fayum, Egypt, by W. M. Flinders Petrie, 1889 : exhibited at 8, Oxford Mansion, Oxford Circus [...], 16th Sept. to 5th Oct., 1889. 1889, London.

Catalogue of the collection of antiquities, discovered by Mr Flinders Petrie, in Egypt and Palestine, 1890 : exhibited at 6, Oxford Mansions, London, 15th Sept. to 11th Oct. 1890. London.

Catalogue of Egyptian antiquities : found by Prof. Flinders Petrie at Ehnasya, Dr. Naville & Mr Hall at Deir el Bahri and Drs Grenfell & Hunt at Oxyrhynchus (Egypt Exploration Fund), Mr Loat at Gurob and drawings from tombs at Saqqara by Misses Murray, Hansard & Mothersole (Egyptian Research Account), 1904 ; exhibited at University College, London, July 4th to 30th. 1904. London.

Brunton, Guy and Reginald Engelbach 1927. Gurob. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [41] (24th year). London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch.

Loat, L. 1905. Gurob. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [10] (10th year). London: Bernard Quaritch.

Petrie, W. M. Flinders 1890. Kahun, Gurob and Hawara. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, and Co.

Petrie, W. M. Flinders 1891. Illahun, Kahun and Gurob: 1889-90. London: David Nutt.

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