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Excerpt from El Bersheh, Vol. 2 A careful survey Of any ancient site in Egypt is generally rewarded with plenty Of new dis coveries, and the work of the Archaeological Survey at El Bersheh has been no exception to the rule. One painted scene, that of the Colossus on the Sledge,1 had made the place famous early in the century, but its context and the remainder Of the scenes in the tomb of Tehutihetep were almost Wholly unknown, while only one Of the other inscribed tombs was on record, having been described by Prof. Sayce in It was even difficult to discover the situation of the tombs on any map. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.