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Meidum

Alternative site names: 
Meydum; Medum; Maidum; Meïdoum; Meidoum; Meidum; Meydoum
Arabic site names: 
ميدوم
Type of site: 
Pyramid; mastabas
Timeframe: 
Pyramid (3rd Dynasty); mastabas (4th Dynasty)
Overlay map: 
Original excavator's map of the archaeological features at Meidum superimposed on a modern Google map image. Created by Kristian Brink, 2015.
Excavation season: 
Relevant publications: 

Catalogue of antiquities from Tel el Amarna, Upper Egypt : excavated by W. M. Flinders Petrie, 1892 ; exhibited at 4, Oxford Mansions, Oxford Circus, W., 19 Sept. to 15 Oct. 1892. London.

Catalogue of Egyptian antiquities: found by Prof. Flinders Petrie and students at Memphis and Meydum, 1910; exhibited at University College, Gower St., London, July 4th to 30th / British School of Archaeology in Egypt. 1910. London: BSAE.

Gunn, Battiscombe, 1933. Objects from Meydûm. The University Museum Bulletin 4, no. 3, 71-75.              .

Petrie, W. M. Flinders, Ernest Mackay, and Gerald Wainwright 1910. Meydum and Memphis. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [18] (16th year). London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt.

Petrie, William Matthew Flinders 1892. Medum. London: Nutt.

Rowe, Alan 1931. The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition excavations at Meydûm 1929-30. The Museum Journal 22, 5-46.

Zippert, Erwin 1932-1933. Mêdûm. Archiv für Orientforschung 8, 156-158.

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