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Haraga

Alternative site names: 
Haraga; Harageh; el-Haraga; el Haraga; el-Harageh; el Harageh; el-Herageh; el Herageh
Arabic site names: 
الحرجة
Site description: 

A series of cemeteries around the edge of a sand "island" in the middle of the fields between the Nile and the Fayum.

Type of site: 
Cemeteries
Timeframe: 
Cemeteries (Predynastic Period, Old Kingdom-First Intermediate Period, late Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, Late Antique Period)
Overlay map: 
Original excavator's map showing the location of fieldwork superimposed on a modern Google Map image. Created by Kristian Brink 2014.
Relevant publications: 

Engelbach, Rex, Battiscombe Gunn, and Duncan Willey 1914. Harageh, 1913-14. Ancient Egypt 1914, 101-102.

Engelbach, R. 1923. Harageh. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [28] (20th year). London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch.

Site gallery: 

Amsden-photo.jpg

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Harageh-124.jpg [2]

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Source URL: https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/node/3047

Links
[1] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/file/amsden-photojpg-0
[2] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/file/harageh-124jpg-0
[3] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/file/harageh-map-districtjpg-0