The settlement of Elkab: Documenting the Rise of Urbanism in an Upper Egyptian town KU Leuven
The ancient Egyptian site of Elkab lies on the east bank of the Nile in southern Upper Egypt and was an important provincial centre during the early stages of Egyptian history. Despite over a century of intensive archaeological research, our knowledge of its occupational history is still limited and biased. Indeed, past research has primarily focused on the large funerary and religious monuments and little attention has been devoted to the ...