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HAWARA.
HAWARA. Modern name for the area in the Fayum where the pyramid
complex of Amenemhat III of Dynasty 12 was built. The remains
of the mortuary temple were later identified by the Greeks as
the Labyrinth. The area was excavated by Flinders Petrie from
1888–1889 and in 1911, when in a cemetery close to the complex he
discovered pits from the Roman Period that contained many burials
with finely painted mummy portraits. In 1955–1956, an Egyptian
expedition uncovered the intact burial of Princess Nefruptah, daughter
of the king.
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