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At the second stage (2) the photographic work consisted of records of:
a. Undisturbed burials with their funerary accompaniments.
b. Disturbed burials showing any disturbance caused by plundering the body for its orna-
ments, and any resulting disturbance of the funerary accompaniments.1
c. Any anatomical details such as ears, eyes, hair, genital organs or similar material which,
from the fragile condition of the body, could not be removed intact.
d. Clothing and ornaments in position on the body or skeleton such as necklaces, bracelets,
girdles, pouches for the male organ,2 etc.
In the final stage of clearing the burial (3) the photographic work consisted of records of:
a. Contents of stomach and intestines consisting of food and medicines.
b. Pathological material, fractures and diseases of bones and teeth, kidney and gall stones,
ruptures, etc.
c. Tools and implements such as flints, maceheads, etc., found under the body.
d. The number and kind of garments in which the body had been clothed, such material
being generally best preserved beneath the burial.
e. Finally, after the burial had been completely removed, the type and number of under mat-
tings and the manner in which the grave had been prepared for burial.
The work of this year has been confined chiefly to the final stage just described. Without going
into the details of all the points investigated, the results obtained under e will be given briefly as
illustrations of the whole.
The remainder of Mr. Lythgoe’s report is eliminated since it has been summarized under "The
Grave and its Construction” and “Types of Matting” (pp. xiv, xv). Ed.
II. Notes for a preface left by Mr. Lythgoe, edited by H. E. Winlock, 1935.
THE Predynastic Cemetery N 7000 lies along the east (ENE) side of the “South Wady” at
Naga-ed-Der, north (NNE) of the mosque and garden of Sheikh , on a nearly level gravel
terrace which runs back into the limestone plateau to the north and northwest, directly behind the
village of Naga-ed-Der. In its upper end the South Wady skirts the high limestone cliff with its
eastern bank formed by this gravel terrace. East of the lower part of the cemetery the limestone
massif projects as a promontory with nearly vertical faces, and from this promontory a lower ridge
of limestone bounds the middle part of the wady on that side. The village occupies part of the
western end of this ridge and in the mouth of the wady stands the mosque with the garden just
west of the mosque.
1 This material, together with that from El-Ahaiwah and Ballas, disposed for all time of the theory of custom-
ary pre-funerary mutilation (cannibalism).
2 The protective pouch for the male organ has been found and recorded for the first time in this cemetery.
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a. Undisturbed burials with their funerary accompaniments.
b. Disturbed burials showing any disturbance caused by plundering the body for its orna-
ments, and any resulting disturbance of the funerary accompaniments.1
c. Any anatomical details such as ears, eyes, hair, genital organs or similar material which,
from the fragile condition of the body, could not be removed intact.
d. Clothing and ornaments in position on the body or skeleton such as necklaces, bracelets,
girdles, pouches for the male organ,2 etc.
In the final stage of clearing the burial (3) the photographic work consisted of records of:
a. Contents of stomach and intestines consisting of food and medicines.
b. Pathological material, fractures and diseases of bones and teeth, kidney and gall stones,
ruptures, etc.
c. Tools and implements such as flints, maceheads, etc., found under the body.
d. The number and kind of garments in which the body had been clothed, such material
being generally best preserved beneath the burial.
e. Finally, after the burial had been completely removed, the type and number of under mat-
tings and the manner in which the grave had been prepared for burial.
The work of this year has been confined chiefly to the final stage just described. Without going
into the details of all the points investigated, the results obtained under e will be given briefly as
illustrations of the whole.
The remainder of Mr. Lythgoe’s report is eliminated since it has been summarized under "The
Grave and its Construction” and “Types of Matting” (pp. xiv, xv). Ed.
II. Notes for a preface left by Mr. Lythgoe, edited by H. E. Winlock, 1935.
THE Predynastic Cemetery N 7000 lies along the east (ENE) side of the “South Wady” at
Naga-ed-Der, north (NNE) of the mosque and garden of Sheikh , on a nearly level gravel
terrace which runs back into the limestone plateau to the north and northwest, directly behind the
village of Naga-ed-Der. In its upper end the South Wady skirts the high limestone cliff with its
eastern bank formed by this gravel terrace. East of the lower part of the cemetery the limestone
massif projects as a promontory with nearly vertical faces, and from this promontory a lower ridge
of limestone bounds the middle part of the wady on that side. The village occupies part of the
western end of this ridge and in the mouth of the wady stands the mosque with the garden just
west of the mosque.
1 This material, together with that from El-Ahaiwah and Ballas, disposed for all time of the theory of custom-
ary pre-funerary mutilation (cannibalism).
2 The protective pouch for the male organ has been found and recorded for the first time in this cemetery.
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