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Hu

Alternative site names: 
Hiw; Heou; Hoû; Diospolis Parva (ancient Greek)
Arabic site names: 
هو
Type of site: 
Temples; town; cemeteries; animal necropolis
Timeframe: 
Temples (Graeco-Roman Period);town (Predynastic, Graeco-Roman Period); cemeteries (Predynastic Period, Early Dynastic Period, Old Kingdom, First Intermediate Period, Middle Kingdom, Second Intermediate Period, New Kingdom, Third Intermediate Period, Late Period, Graeco-Roman Period, Late Antique Period); animal necropolis (Graeco-Roman Period)
Overlay map: 
Original sketch maps showing the topography and cemeteries at Abadiya, Hu and Semaineh, superimposed on a modern Google map image. Created by Kristian Brink, 2015.
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Relevant publications: 

Catalogue of antiquities from the excavations of the Egypt Exploration Fund at Diospolis, and a loan collection of prehistoric vases : exhibited [...] at University College, Gower Street, London, July 10th to July 19th, 1899. 1899. London : Egypt Exploration Fund.

Kraemer, Bryan 2015. The Petries' unpublished archaeological survey between Hu and Abydos. Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 69, 143-169.

Petrie, William Matthew Flinders 1899. Excavations at Abâdiyeh and Hû. Archaeological Reports 1898-1899, 1-3.

Petrie, William Matthew Flinders 1901. Diospolis parva: the cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu 1898-99 London: Egypt Exploration Fund.

Rowland, Joanne 2007. El-Amrah, el-Mahasna, Hu and Abadiyeh. In Spencer, Patricia (ed.), The Egypt Exploration Society: the early years, 167-197. London; Oxford: Soc.; Oxbow Books.

Sowada, Karin 1996. The politics of error: Flinders Petrie at Diospolis Parva. The Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology 7, 89-96.

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