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Archaeologists present the first findings from the Asyut Project a German-Egyptian cooperative project started in 2003 to reconstruct the regional history of Asyut and to clarify the functions of a mountain to the west of Asyut that served as a necropolis, quarry, excursion destination, cloister area, habitat for hermits, prayer place, and military base. The project also seeks the first complete documentation of architectural structures, inscriptions, and paintings as a step towards their preservation. Tomb III, the focus here, was used as a tomb for a nomarch and his close relatives, as a place for secondary burials, as a habitat for Christian hermits, as a quarry, and as a base camp for early excavators. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
