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The University of Minnesota Eastern Desert Expedition had its beginnings in 1975, when co-authors George (Rip) Rapp, T. H. Wertime, and J. D. Muhly visited cassiterite (tin ore) mines in the southern Eastern Desert of Egypt. Near the farthest west of these mines, they were shown a group of pharaonic inscriptions by M. F. el-Ramly of the Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority. The inscriptions were photographed, and the photos were given to an Egyptologist to translate. Much later, in 1991, senior author Russell D. Rothe read about the photos in a footnote in an unrelated article. After obtaining copies of the photos from Rapp, he translated the inscriptions with the help of co-author William K. Miller and others. Over the next decade, Rothe, Rapp, and Miller traversed the 60,000-sq.-km area between the Nile and the Red Sea, mostly on foot, photographing inscriptions and systematically surveying the entire region. The results of their investigations of the inscriptional remains found in this vast, mountainous desert are here published for the first time; the corpus will be an important addition to our knowledge of the range and scope of the activities of the ancient Egyptians, especially outside the Nile Valley.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Qena Watershed
Wadi Abu Wasil
Wadi Bueib
Wadi ʿIsa
Wadi Meniah
Wadi Qash
Chapter 3: Edfu Watershed
Wadi Abu Muawad
Wadi Barramiya
Wadi Batur
Wadi Dagbag
Wadi Kanayis
Wadi Mia
Wadi Shalul
Wadi Sigdid
Wadi Umm Higlig
Wadi Umm Salim
Chapter 4: Kom Ombo Watershed
Wadi Bezeh
Wadi Dunqash
Wadi Midrik
Wadi Mueilha
Wadi Shaªit
Chapter 5: Other Wadis
Wadi Abu Agag
Wadi al-Alam
Chapter 6: GIS Analysis and Conclusions
Appendix A. Paleography
Appendix B. Indices and Bibliography
Index of Inscriptions
Index of Personal Names
Index of Titles
Index of Royal Names
Index of Divine Names
Index of Place Names
Index of Wadis
Bibliography
