Fadrus

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In archaeology, Fadrus refers to a cemetery excavated in

Aswan dam flooded this area shortly after. The area is composed of 690 tombs ranging from interments without grave goods to decorated tombs-chapels.[1]

680 burials were excavated at Fadrus. They date from the beginning to the end of the 18th Dynasty of the Egyptian

The burials are mostly simple shaft tombs with a single body and some funerary goods. In 128 burials were found remains of coffins, otherwise the people were buried with personal adornments, with toilet equipment, weapons and many pottery vessels. Metal fittings found belong most likely to objects made of organic material. Many of them might once have belong to furniture.

Fadrus was in the Egyptian New Kingdom occupied by Egyptians. It is not known whether the burials belonged to Nubians or Egyptians. The burial customs are close to contemporary Egyptian customs of people of not high social standing.[3]

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