Harageh: An Egyptian Burial Ground for the Rich Around 1800BC

The modern town of Harageh lies at the entrance to the Fayum in Middle Egypt, not far from Lahun. Between 1913 and 1914 Reginald Engelbach excavated around 600 tombs in the area, published in 1923. This concise book revisits the site and its finds which include evidence from four major periods: Predynastic, late Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom an Coptic. Wolfram Grajetzki describes the location and nature of the cemeteries before looking at the finds - a rich array of faience figurines, religious text on pottery, papyri, inscriptions, stelae and jewellery.