Naville, Edouard; Tylor, J. J. [Hrsg.]; Griffith, Francis Ll. [Hrsg.]: Ahnas el Medineh: (Heracleopolis Magna) ; with chapters on Mendes, the nome of Thoth, and Leontopolis; [beigefügtes Werk]: The tomb of Paheri : at el Kab / by J. J. Tylor and F. L. Griffith (London, 1894)

PKEEACE.

The present memoir comprises the result of two campaigns; and it bears
testimony to what every experienced excavator knows only too well, that
sites which at first sight seem the most promising are often those which
cause the greatest disappointment.

But still, although I did not find at Ahnas remains of the Xth and Xlth
dynasties, as I had hoped, and although Tmei el Amdid and Tell Mokdam
yielded only a few monuments, the excavations at those places have by no means
been barren. They have materially contributed to the solution of historical
and geographical questions, and have thus furthered the progress of
Egyptology. Besides, the Byzantine ornaments discovered at Ahnas are quite
unique among the products of Christian art in Egypt.

I have particularly to thank my eminent friend, Prof. Erman, for the
map of Ahnas, which he drew during his visit to the spot with Dr.
Schweinfurth.

As in the former memoirs, the linear plates have been drawn by
Mme. Naville, and the phototypes have been executed from negatives taken
by the Uev. Wm. MacGregor and myself.

EDOUARD NAVILLE.

Malagny, July, 1893.