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Fig. 1. Chain of boys clearing the Osireion at Abydos.

41 feet deep.

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W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE
HON. D.C.L., LL.D., LIT.D., PH.D. : F.R.S. ; HON. F.S.A. (SCOT.) :

Member of the Imperial German Archaeological Institute;
Member of the Society of Northern Antiquaries;
Member of the Roman Society of Anthropology;
Edwards Professor of Egyptology, University College, London.

WITH 66 ILLUSTRATIONS

London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1904

TO MY FRIENDS

F. LL. GRIFFITH,
E. A. GARDNER,
F. J. BLISS,
H. CARTER,
B. P. GRENFELL,
J. E. QUIBELL,
J. DUNCAN,
H. F. PETRIE,
N. DE O. DAVIES,
A. C. MACE,
D. RANDALL-MACIVER,
B. ORME,
A. E. WEIGALL,
M. A. MURRAY,
L. ECKENSTEIN,
H. STANNUS,
C. T. CURRELLY,
E. R. AYRTON,

WHO HAVE JOINED IN VARIOUS PORTIONS OF THE WORK HERE DESCRIBED, 1884–1903.

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