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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)
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.

Site gallery: 

Map of Qau-Hemamieh District.jpg

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Qau Plan.jpg [2]

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Qau large.jpg [3]

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Qau.jpg [4]

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Source URL: https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/node/1149

Links
[1] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/file/map-qau-hemamieh-districtjpg
[2] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/file/qau-planjpg
[3] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/file/qau-largejpg
[4] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/file/qaujpg-0