Naqada and Ballas

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Book Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Plates
Note on Plates
INTRODUCTION. (P.)
	i. The site of work
	ii. Organisation of work
	iii. The record of results
	iv. Assistance in England
PREFACE TO THE 2023 EDITION
PUBLISHER’S PREFACE
CHAPTER I. (Q.) THE CEMETERIES OF BALLAS.
	1. Around Deir
	2. Work at Ballas
	3. The North Town
	4. Burials in North Town
	5. Mastabas of IVth–VIth dynasties
	6. Contracted burials of IVth dynasty
	7. Staircase tombs
CHAPTER II. (Q.) SELECTED EGYPTIAN TOMBS, BALLAS.
	8. Details of staircase tombs, IVth dynasty
	9. Details of well tombs, IVth dynasty
	10. Burials in earth, IVth dynasty
	11. Façade tombs, XIIth dynasty
	12. Inscription of Tahuti, XIIIth dynasty
CHAPTER III. (Q.) PRODUCTS OF THE NEW RACE, BALLAS.
	13. Discovery of the graves
	14. The course of excavation
	15. Mutilation of the bodies
	16. Arrangement of graves
	17. Slate palettes
	18. Toilet objects
	19. Stone vases
	20. Pottery making
	21. Incised marks
	22. The rough pottery
	23. Wavy-handled vases
	24. Red and black pottery
	25. Decorated pottery
	26. Late pottery
	27. Incised and white-painted pottery
	28. Positions of pottery
	29. Human figures
	30. The game
	31. Ivory and maces
	32. Copper objects
	33. Lamps
CHAPTER IV. (Q.) SELECTED GRAVES OF THE NEW RACE, BALLAS.
	34. Graves drawn, Pls. III–V
	35. Graves not drawn
CHAPTER V. (Q.) SUMMARY OF BALLAS.
	36. Date of foreign burials
	37. Summary of burials found
CHAPTER VI. (P.) CEMETERY OF THE NEW RACE, NAQADA. THE DRAWN GRAVES.
	38. Nature of Graves
	39. Graves with coffin, T. 4
	40. Graves with scooped bones, T. 5
	41. Graves T. 14 to No. I. 263
	42. Grave 271, ivory figures
	43. Graves 283–880
CHAPTER VII. (P.) NOTABLE GRAVES, NAQADA.
	44. Graves in B. cemetery
	45. Graves in T. cemetery
	46. Graves 1 to 286
	47. Graves 326 to 878
	48. Graves 1037 to 1488
	49. Graves 1507 to 1918
	50. Positions of objects
CHAPTER VIII. (P.) DETAILS OF BURIALS, NAQADA.
	51. General system of burials
	52. Treatment of skulls
	53. Treatment of bodies
	54. Anthropophagy indicated
	55. Untenable suggestions
CHAPTER IX. (P. & Q.) DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.
	56. Maps, Pls. I, I A
	57. Figures and games, Pls. VI, VII
	58. Stone vases, Pls. VIII–XVII
	59. Local pottery, Pls. XVIII–XXIX
	60. Imported pottery, Pls. XXX–XXXVI
	61. Rough and later pottery, Pls. XXXVII–XLIII
	62. Egyptian pottery, Pls. XLIV–XLVI
	63. Slate palettes, Pls. XLVII–L
	64. Marks on pottery, Pls. LI–LVII
	65. Beads, etc., Pl. LVIII
	66. Human figures, Pl. LIX
	67. Animal figures, Pl. LX
	68. Ivory carvings, Pls. LXI–LXIV
	69. Implements of copper, etc., Pl. LXV
	70. Paintings on pottery, Pls. LXVI, LXVII
	71. Palaeolithic flints, Pls. LXVIII, LXXVI
	72. Nile gravel flints, Pls. LXIX, LXXVI
	73. Ballas desert flints, Pl. LXX
	74. New Race Town flints, Pl. LXXI
	75. New Race grave flints, Pl. LXXII–LXXVI
	76. Stone implements, Pl. LXXV
	77. Ivory handle, and lintel of Tahutmes I, Pl. LXXVII
	78. Skulls of New Race, capacities, Pl. LXXXIV
	79. Female small skulls
	80. Length and breadth ratio
	81. Prognathous ratio
	82. Algerian dolmen skulls
	83. Relation of New Race to Algerian skulls
	84. Nubt and Southern Town plan, Pl. LXXXV
	85. The great cemetery plan, Pl. LXXXVI
	86. Weights
CHAPTER X. FLINT IMPLEMENTS OF NAQADA.
	87. The Palaeoliths
	88. Implements of Alien Race
	89. Large flake knives
	90. Flat-worked knives
	91. Forked javelin heads
	92. Rings
CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSIONS. (P.)
	93. Extent of foreign invasion
	94. Separation from Egyptians
	95. Date of foreign occupation
	96. Expulsion of Egyptians
	97. Characteristics of the invaders
	98. Connections with Syria
	99. Western connections
	100. Libyan connections
	101. The Libyan invasions
	102. Libyans and Amorites
	103. Punic settlements
CHAPTER XII. NUBT, THE TOWN OF SET. (P.)
	104. Nubt, Ombos
	105. Pyramid and Tumuli
	106. IVth dynasty pottery
	107. XIIth dynasty remains
	108. Gold measures
	109. Building of XVIIIth dynasty
	110. Statue of Sennefer
	111. XVIIIth dynasty tombs
	112. XIXth dynasty burial
	113. XIXth–XXth dynasty building
INDEX
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