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Monuments and Places in Middle Egypt (South of Dashur to Luxor)
  
Abydos
   Short historical account  of the site, covering Predynastic through Ptolemaic times.  Very nice National Geographic Map of site reproduced here,
        quite useful.  Good references, photo.
        http://www.philae.nu/akhet/Abedjouhistory.html
    Tomb of Osiris? Photos and brief history and description of site at Abydos,  Good references.
       http://www.philae.nu/akhet/Aosireion.html
    Wikipedia site, extensive.  Covers history, worship, temples, 18th and 19th Dynasty Temples, Tombs, "Forts", Worship, photos, links, references.
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abydos,_Egypt 
    Map of Abydos site, with major sites labeled, some embedded links.
          http://narmer.info/
    Necropolis Umm el Qaab at Abydos (Archaic Period)
        Plan of necropolis. Plan, description, photos of some tombs, and links to pharaohs who built these tombs.
             tomb of Iry-Hor ( 0 Dynasty )
              tomb of Ka ( 0 Dynasty )
             tomb of Narmer ( I Dynasty )
              tomb of Aha ( I Dynasty )
              tomb of Djer ( I Dynasty )
              tomb of Djet ( I Dynasty )
             tomb of Merytneith ( I Dynasty )
              tomb of Den ( I Dynasty )
              tomb of Adjib ( I Dynasty )
             tomb of Semerkhet ( I Dynasty )
              tomb of Qa'a ( I Dynasty )
             tomb of Peribsen ( II Dynasty )
              tomb of Khasekhemwi ( II Dynasty)
         
 

Faiyum
    Wikipedia article, map, has embedded links, discusses modern city, mummy portraits, and has good links.
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Fayyum
    Detailed general account of the area, with photos.
    Brief discussion of area and history, but with very good links and information.
   Lake Moeris - Widipedia article, map.  Has history of lake, links, references.
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Moeris
   Bahr Yussef - Widipedia article, brief history of the canal connecting the Nile with Lake Moeris.  Embedded links, references.
       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahr_Yussef
    Pyramids of Faiyum - Map, photos, and descriptions of pyramids of Hawara and Al Lahun.
        http://www.crystalinks.com/pyrfaiyum.html
    Medinet el-Fayum (Crocodilonpolis) - Modern photos, brief history and description of town.
   Medinet Madi - A number of photos and history of the site, brief update of excavations there, directions to site.
    Qasr Qarun (Dionysias), Medinet Quta, and Batn Ihrit - Description and history of sites, several photos, directions to sites.
   Qasr el-Sagha and Dimai - Descriptions, histories, of sites, and directions to get to them.
    Kom Ushim, Karanis, Kom el-Ati, Biyahmu - Descriptions and histories of sites, together with photos, and directions to the sites.
   Kom el-Hammam (Philadelphia), and the Pyramid of Sella - Descriptions and histories of the sites, photos.  Directions to the sites.
    Umm el-Baragat (Tebtunis) - Description and history of the site, and photos, with directions to the site.
    Karanis - Overview of the University of Michigan Expedition to Karanis.
   Northern Faiyum Quarry Landscape - Map, history, geology, of two quarries on the northern edge of the Faiyum.
    A River Runs Through Egypt: Nile Flood and Civilization - Nice article detailing the history of the hydrology of the Nile and the Faiyum, and
        its' impact on Egypt, and the attempts to use canals to irrigate the Faiyum.
   Photos of Geological Areas-Faiyum - Several old slide photos of geological formations in the Faiyum area.
    New Development of Faiyum Area Sites - Good article, lots of photos of sites, discusses the Egyptian plan to open a new road to
        Qasr Sagha and Dimai, improve and do excavations at the sites.  Also discusses the geology and paleontology of the area in some detail.
    Crocodilopolis - Wikipedia article, many embedded links, history of the site.  Good reference links also.
 
El-Lahun and Hawara
    History, multiple photos of sites.
        http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/lower/faiyum/lahun.html
 
Beni Hasan
   Short Wikipedia article on site, some links
    Article with directions to site, information on el-Minya, history of tombs, and some photos,  Embedded links.
    Good article with history of site, individual descriptions of some of the tombs with photos.
    Directory of photos, images from Beni Hasan.  Very good quality.
   Biography of Khnumhotep of Beni Hasan - Text of the biography of Khnumhotep (Nomarch, early 12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom),
        from his tomb.  Very interesting reading.
   Tomb of Khnumhotep, Line drawing - Line drawing of Palestinians? leading flocks. From wall painting in the tomb.
       http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/Archives/Exhibits.nsf/434450dc9d18b47585256625004a9567/d242a46ff4a8389885256991007e2e14?OpenDocument
   Khnumhotep-Tomb Painting - Color reproduction of two lines of the scene showing strangers (from Palestine?) coming into Egypt.
    Wrestling - Site has a number of line drawings and photos of wall art of wrestling, some from Beni Hasan. Others are from other parts of Egypt.
   Beni Hasan Spotted Dog - Drawing of spotted dog, believed to be "Canaan Dog", from AKC site.  History of breed also.
    Excavations at Beni Hasan (Second Season) - First page of 1904 article in Man, four pages in all, available through libraries.
 
 
 

Speos Artemidos
    Hieroglyph text of inscription at site.
    Wikipedia article, short, describes site briefly. Has reading list.
    Plan of temple, links.
    Good description of shrine and its' history, with photos, and directions to the site.
    Nice article, plan of temple, aerial photo, line drawing of inscription together with hieroglyphs and translation.
    Video, inside site, "home video" quality, but interesting.
 
Zawyet el-Maiyitin
    Small 3rd Dynasty pyramid near el-Minya.  Photos, history of the site, directions to the site.
 
Tihna el-Gebel
    Little-visited site on east bank of the Nile north of el-Minya, has Old Kingdom rock-cut tombs ("Fraser Tombs"), plus Ptolemaic, Roman ruins.
        History, photos, directions to the site.
 
El-Siririya
    Ancient limestone quarry site, still in use, on east bank of Nile north of el-Minya.  Photos, history, description, directions to site.
 
El-Bahnasa (Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchonopolis, Per-Medjed)
    Site of capital of 19th Upper Egyptian nome, location of one of the largest papyrii finds in Egypt.  History of site, directions.

Tuna el-Gebel
    A Demotic Letter to Thoth - First page of a 13 page article fromJournal of Near Eastern Studies, 1958, by George Hughes, full article available
        through libraries.  Demotic papyrus from Tuna el-Gebel.
    Amarna Boundary Stela ,Tuna el-Gebel area - Photos, history, description of Amarna, with some details of Tuna el-Gebel stela.
    Nice site, history, photos, lots of links, references.
    Good history and description of site, photos, directions to site.
    Brief Wikipedia site.  Links.
    Funerary Temple of Petosiris - Good text description of history, interior of temple.
    Votive Mummies-Tuna el-Gebel - Animal Mummy Project site, mentions catacombs filled with ibis and baboon mummies at site.
    Osteopathological findings in mummified baboons from ancient Egypt - Abstract of article from International Journal of Osteoarchaeology.
        http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/110504570/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
    Faience cup in the form of a blue lotus - Photo, history, description of vessel, British Museum.
Amarna
    Boundary Stela ,Tuna el-Gebel area - Photos, history, description of Amarna, with some details of Tuna el-Gebel stela.