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Sais was EgyptA's capital in the 26th Dynasty, but it also had an earlier history, unknown before the EES/Durham University/SCA work at the site. This volume is the final excavation report for work carried out in the Northern Enclosure area of the site at Kom Rebwa. Excavations between 2000 and 2004 uncovered levels dating between the 20th Dynasty and the Third Intermediate Period. The best preserved levels consisted of part of a house, whose roof had collapsed and an earlier kiln, used for firing faience beads as well as pottery. Lower, buried layers also included Old Kingdom material, hinting at the earlier history of the area. The report contains invaluable information about everyday rural life in the Delta, with anlayses of the different layers, the pottery and the small finds, as well as plant remains and animal bones.

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Penelope Wilson is Senior Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University, Field Director of the Durham/EES/SCA 'Sais and its Hinterland' Project and Director of the EES/British Academy Special Project 'Delta Survey'. Gregory P. Gilbert has broad multi-disciplinary research interests, including Egyptology, the archaeology and anthropology or warfare, international relations (Middle East), military strategy and history. Geoffrey J. Tassie has conducted archaeological fieldwork in Africa, Europe and Western Asia. His main research interests are social theory, environmental change, excavation methodology, cultural heritage management and community archaeology.

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