ABSTRACT
These ruins are situated in that part of the site known as the Temenos or Enclosure of Osiris-an open space at the north-west of the modern village of El Arabah el MadfUneh. Here there was a small mud-brick temple, dedicated to the jackal god Wepwat, "the Opener of the Ways," who was the primitive deity of the district. The royal residence was probably situated in the desert, a short distance back from the town; and still farther westward there was the royal burying-ground. The objects found in the town show that already a high state of civilisation had been arrived at, and 'an ivory statuette of a king of this period found here is executed with a degree of artistic skill never surpassed at any time in Egyptian history.
