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      <p>"Project IV. Hydraulic wonders of Egypt"*<lb/>72 pages (63 single-sided + 9 double-sided)<lb/>Documentation for ancient Egyptian waterways and irrigation schemes, and references mentioning these in texts, typewritten drafts with some handwritten notes.<lb/>Description with Uphill's section headings where appropriate:<lb/>- Nile heights. Breasted. Palermo Stone<lb/>- Palermo Stone water heights using Wilkinson<lb/>- Hydraulic projects I: Menes basin scheme<lb/>- Qusheisha dyke<lb/>- Suggested figures for "Menes" dykes<lb/>- Scheme for Menes dykes<lb/>- The original (?) basin system on the Nile - possible unification period date<lb/>- The Nubian province land area under cultivation<lb/>- Channels of the Nile through the Delta in antiquity<lb/>- Figures relating to lands watered by shaduf raising<lb/>- The dating of the Gisr Gadalla and Gisr Bahlawan and possible date of Qushesha dyke<lb/>- Fayum Lake levels<lb/>- Hydraulic projects II: Lake Moeris and the Biahmu statues of Amenemhat III<lb/>- The Fayum system<lb/>- Copy of a letter addressed to [Robert M. Porter], dated 05-11-2006, regarding Palermo Stone annals and Nile heights, with an attached draft, notes and relevant photocopies made from publications<lb/>- Photocopies made from publications, some annotated<lb/><lb/>*Uphill's description for this group as recorded on the original housing. This note has been retained.</p>
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      <p>Donated by the executors of the estate of Eric Uphill in 2022.</p>
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