Qau el-Kebir
Alternative site names:
Qaw el-Kebir; Qaw el Kebir; Kaou el-Kébir; Qau el-Kebir; Qau el Kebir; Qaw al-Kabir; Qaw; Qau; Antaeopolis (ancient Greek)
Arabic site names:
قاو الكبير
Type of site:
Temple. tombs; town; cemeteries
Timeframe:
Temple (Graeco-Roman Period); tombs (12th Dynasty-13th Dynasty); town (Graeco-Roman Period); cemeteries (Predynastic Period-Late Antique Period)
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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 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.
Petrie, Flinders 1930. Antaeopolis: the tombs of Qau. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [51]. London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch.
Petrie, W. M. Flinders 1924. The British School in Egypt: excavations at Qau. Ancient Egypt 1924, 16-17.
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