Recent investigations in the elite Predynastic cemetery HK6 at Hierakonpolishave revealed two separate precincts, one containing a series of above-groundmulti-columned structures (pillared halls) and the other, an interconnecting com- plex of enclosures surrounding the tombs of humans and animals. The excava-tions in both areas have yielded a variety of fine artefacts as well as substantialquantities of ostrich eggshell fragments, which were found in several more orless discrete clusters. Of interest is the number of eggs in each cluster.

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