Abadiya

Abadiya is located in the area of "Diospolis Parva", a concession excavated under Petrie's general direction (see also Hiw and Semaineh), in 1898–1899. The expedition was sponsored by the Egypt Exploration Fund.

Several cemeteries were excavated, and the work was also led by David Randall-MacIver and Arthur Mace at some locations. Henrietta Lawes drew pottery while Hilda Petrie and Beatrice Orme drew marks on the pottery and numbered finds and skeletal remains.

• Cemetery A only contained a few predynastic burials among Old and New Kingdom Old Kingdom tombs

• Cemetery B contained predynastic graves and was described by Petrie as one of the largest and best of the season. Petrie led the excavations and recording in this area, clearing some 570 tombs

• Cemetery C was an isolate hill, with shallow circular graves of the early Predynastic (Naqada I) period

These cemeteries appears to be under modern cultivation.

1898–1899: Egypt Exploration Fund expedition.