Bersheh is a modern village with the remnants of some tombs. In one of them is the picture showing the mode of transporting a colossus (cf. page [15]).

Beni-Hassan is noteworthy for its beautiful sepulchral grottoes of the XIIth dynasty.

The Fayoom is a large tract of fertile land extending into the Libyan desert. It was called

Meydoom is situated on the site of the ancient

Lower Egypt, called by the Egyptians