Areika (Classic Reprint) [Soft Cover ]

Excerpt from AreikaThis volume is the first of a series which will record the results of explorations in Egypt planned and financed by Mr. Eckley B. Coxe, Junior, of Philadelphia.By an agreement made with the University of Pennsylvania iii-january, 1907, the expedition is to be conducted for five years on behalf of the University, and the antiquities that may be obtained will be presented to the University Museum.The present authors, as curator and assistant - curator of the Egyptian Depart ment of the Museum, have been charged with the duty of conducting the excavations and publishing the results.The district selected for their researches has been the southern part of the country that lies between the First and Second Cataracts, and this first volume records the results obtained in the year 1907.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.