Geoelectric resistance scanning on parts of Abydos Cemetery Region, Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-239

  El Gamili, M M ^a   El Mahmoudi, A S ^a   Osman, S S H ^b   Hassaneen, A G H ^b   Metwaly, M A ^b  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Abydos; Archaeological remains; Geophysical prospecting; Necropolis; Resistance imaging; Upper Egypt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959876880     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0763(199912)6:4<225::AID-ARP126>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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