Excerpt from Abydos, Vol. 1: 1902 The Temenos of Osiris I had wished to ex cavate Since I first saw it in 1887. It was undoubtedly one of the Oldest centres of worship, and had a long history to be nu ravelled. If it has proved SO far rather different to what was expected, it the more corrects our ideas. But the real temple Site has not yet been touched below the level of the xviiith Dynasty; and a vast deal still remains to be done there. The cemetery G was only worked as proved desirable in intervals of other work, and to give employment to workmen between other enter prises. Scarcely any small Objects of value casually found in it, such a place was an ideal resort whenever men could not be kept on elsewhere. I Should hardly have worked it for its own sake alone; but as a stop-gap it proved very con venient, and fairly desirable. 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.