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| Background. For several decades the important historic
site of Abydos has been investigated by archaeologists working under the
umbrella of the University
of Pennsylvania University Museum, Yale University, and New York
University Institute of Fine Arts. This work is on-going and has
resulted in some spectacular discoveries. Abydos is set relatively away from the Nile River itself and is much closer to the escarpment that leads to the Saharan Desert or Libyan Plateau. Both informal and formal survey work in the desert over the years has shown it to be rich in archaeological resources of historic and prehistoric periods. Furthermore, a Belgian survey in the 1970s firmly established the presence of Paleolithic occurrences in the immediate vicinity of historic Abydos. |
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