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Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
Deir-el-Bahari and Abu Feada=> Deir-el-Bahari and Abu Fêada {pg 91}
different localties=> different localities {pg 94}
seventeeen years=> seventeen years {pg 196}
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