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The early development of towns in Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Barry J. Kemp
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It may seem surprising that, after three-quarters of a century of excavation in Egypt, anyone should still feel it necessary to write an article claiming that ancient Egypt has, after all, left behind stratified town sites of the sort that have been the main source of work for the archaeoIogist in other countries ; and that, furthermore, the life which they represent can be rationally comprehended.

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Antiquity , Volume 51 , Issue 203 , November 1977 , pp. 185 - 200
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1977

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