Hemamieh

Alternative site names:

Hemmamiya; el-Hammameyya; el Hammameyya; el-Hamamija; el-Hamamiyah; el-Hammamija; el-Hemamiah; el-Hemamija; Hemamije

Arabic site names:

الحمامية

Type of site:

Town, cemeteries; tombs

Timeframe:

Town (Predynastic period); cemeteries (Predynastic period); tombs (Old Kingdom).

Excavation season:

Relevant publications:

Catalogue of Egyptian antiquities : found by Prof. Flinders Petrie and students at Qau and Hamamieh, 1924 ; exhibited at University College, Gower St., London, July 4th to July 26th / British School of Archaeology in Egypt. 1924. London.

Brunton, Guy and Gertrude Caton-Thompson 1928. The Badarian civilisation and predynastic remains near Badari. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [46] (30th year). London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch.

Brunton, Guy 1927-1930. Qau and Badari, 3 vols. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [44, 45, 50] (29th year). London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch.

Mackay, Ernest, Lankester Harding, and Flinders Petrie 1929. Bahrein and Hemamieh. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [47]. London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch.