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El Mahasna

El Mahasna (Al Maḩāsinah) is a modern settlement and archaeological site near Beit Khallaf and north of Abidos.

El Mahasna is famous for various artifact of the Naqada I period and later, particularly a statuette of a man with penile sheath, equivalents of which exist, such as the Ashmolean Museum ' statuette, or the golden statuettes from Tell el-Farkha.

The site was excavated in the early 20th century, resulting in an influential report: Pre-dynastic cemetery at El Mahasna.

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