Kerry Muhlestein, Ph.D. (2003), UCLA, is Professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University. He is the director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project and has published four books and over forty articles about ancient Egypt and her neighbors.Krystal V.L. Pierce, Ph.D. (2013), UCLA, is Assistant Professor of Ancient Scripture at BYU. She has excavated at several sites in Egypt and Israel, and has published articles and chapters in various journals and books related to Egypt and the Levant.Bethany Jensen, M.A. (2017), Johns Hopkins University, is Assistant Curator at a museum. She is an emerging scholar who has worked with Seila/Fag el-Gamous throughout her studies and is pursuing further education and experience in Egyptology.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationIntroductionKerry Muhlestein1 The Fayoum, the Seila Pyramid, Fag el-Gamous and its Nearby CitiesKerry Muhlestein, Cannon Fairbairn, and Ronald A. Harris2 History of the Excavations at Fag el-Gamous and the Seila PyramidKerry Muhlestein and Bethany Jensen3 Excavations at the Seila Pyramid and Ritual RamificationsKerry Muhlestein4 Ritual Objects from the Northern Side of the Seila PyramidKerry Muhlestein, Brian D. Christensen and Ronald A. Harris5 Death of a Common ManKerry Muhlestein and Cannon Fairbairn6 The Mummy Portraits of Fag el-GamousBethany Jensen and Kerry Muhlestein7 An Introduction to the Textiles of Fag el-Gamous: The Use of Basket Weave Linen in Burials of the Necropolis of Fag el-GamousKristin H. South8 Textiles and Jewelry at Fag el-GamousJoyce Y. Smith, Kerry Muhlestein, and Brian D. Christensen9 They’ll Never Be Royals: The “Purple” Textiles of Fag el-GamousBethany Jensen, R. Paul Evans, Giovanni Tata, and Kerry Muhlestein10 A Paleopathological Pilot Study of the Fag el-Gamous Cranial CollectionCasey L. Kirkpatrick11 Fag el-Gamous Pottery with “Kill Holes”Kerry Muhlestein, Brian D. Christensen, and Cannon Fairbairn12 Report on Botanical Macro Remains at the Fag el-Gamous NecropolisTerry B. Ball and Kerry Muhlestein13 The Fag el-Gamous Papyrus FragmentLincoln H. Blumell14 Philadelphia: A Preliminary ReportJohn Gee15 A Complete List of Publications about the Fag el-Gamous Necropolis and Seila Pyramid Excavations by Members of the BYU Egypt Excavation Team (Including Those from the Year that I.E.S. Edwards Was Part of the Team, and Those Resulting from Work at Kom Aushim)Bethany Jensen and Masen Williamson

Kerry Muhlestein, Ph.D. (2003), UCLA, is Professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University. He is the director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project and has published four books and over forty articles about ancient Egypt and her neighbors.Krystal V.L. Pierce, Ph.D. (2013), UCLA, is Assistant Professor of Ancient Scripture at BYU. She has excavated at several sites in Egypt and Israel, and has published articles and chapters in various journals and books related to Egypt and the Levant.Bethany Jensen, M.A. (2017), Johns Hopkins University, is Assistant Curator at a museum. She is an emerging scholar who has worked with Seila/Fag el-Gamous throughout her studies and is pursuing further education and experience in Egyptology.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationIntroductionKerry Muhlestein1 The Fayoum, the Seila Pyramid, Fag el-Gamous and its Nearby CitiesKerry Muhlestein, Cannon Fairbairn, and Ronald A. Harris2 History of the Excavations at Fag el-Gamous and the Seila PyramidKerry Muhlestein and Bethany Jensen3 Excavations at the Seila Pyramid and Ritual RamificationsKerry Muhlestein4 Ritual Objects from the Northern Side of the Seila PyramidKerry Muhlestein, Brian D. Christensen and Ronald A. Harris5 Death of a Common ManKerry Muhlestein and Cannon Fairbairn6 The Mummy Portraits of Fag el-GamousBethany Jensen and Kerry Muhlestein7 An Introduction to the Textiles of Fag el-Gamous: The Use of Basket Weave Linen in Burials of the Necropolis of Fag el-GamousKristin H. South8 Textiles and Jewelry at Fag el-GamousJoyce Y. Smith, Kerry Muhlestein, and Brian D. Christensen9 They’ll Never Be Royals: The “Purple” Textiles of Fag el-GamousBethany Jensen, R. Paul Evans, Giovanni Tata, and Kerry Muhlestein10 A Paleopathological Pilot Study of the Fag el-Gamous Cranial CollectionCasey L. Kirkpatrick11 Fag el-Gamous Pottery with “Kill Holes”Kerry Muhlestein, Brian D. Christensen, and Cannon Fairbairn12 Report on Botanical Macro Remains at the Fag el-Gamous NecropolisTerry B. Ball and Kerry Muhlestein13 The Fag el-Gamous Papyrus FragmentLincoln H. Blumell14 Philadelphia: A Preliminary ReportJohn Gee15 A Complete List of Publications about the Fag el-Gamous Necropolis and Seila Pyramid Excavations by Members of the BYU Egypt Excavation Team (Including Those from the Year that I.E.S. Edwards Was Part of the Team, and Those Resulting from Work at Kom Aushim)Bethany Jensen and Masen Williamson

Kerry Muhlestein, Ph.D. (2003), UCLA, is Professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University. He is the director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project and has published four books and over forty articles about ancient Egypt and her neighbors.Krystal V.L. Pierce, Ph.D. (2013), UCLA, is Assistant Professor of Ancient Scripture at BYU. She has excavated at several sites in Egypt and Israel, and has published articles and chapters in various journals and books related to Egypt and the Levant.Bethany Jensen, M.A. (2017), Johns Hopkins University, is Assistant Curator at a museum. She is an emerging scholar who has worked with Seila/Fag el-Gamous throughout her studies and is pursuing further education and experience in Egyptology.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationIntroductionKerry Muhlestein1 The Fayoum, the Seila Pyramid, Fag el-Gamous and its Nearby CitiesKerry Muhlestein, Cannon Fairbairn, and Ronald A. Harris2 History of the Excavations at Fag el-Gamous and the Seila PyramidKerry Muhlestein and Bethany Jensen3 Excavations at the Seila Pyramid and Ritual RamificationsKerry Muhlestein4 Ritual Objects from the Northern Side of the Seila PyramidKerry Muhlestein, Brian D. Christensen and Ronald A. Harris5 Death of a Common ManKerry Muhlestein and Cannon Fairbairn6 The Mummy Portraits of Fag el-GamousBethany Jensen and Kerry Muhlestein7 An Introduction to the Textiles of Fag el-Gamous: The Use of Basket Weave Linen in Burials of the Necropolis of Fag el-GamousKristin H. South8 Textiles and Jewelry at Fag el-GamousJoyce Y. Smith, Kerry Muhlestein, and Brian D. Christensen9 They’ll Never Be Royals: The “Purple” Textiles of Fag el-GamousBethany Jensen, R. Paul Evans, Giovanni Tata, and Kerry Muhlestein10 A Paleopathological Pilot Study of the Fag el-Gamous Cranial CollectionCasey L. Kirkpatrick11 Fag el-Gamous Pottery with “Kill Holes”Kerry Muhlestein, Brian D. Christensen, and Cannon Fairbairn12 Report on Botanical Macro Remains at the Fag el-Gamous NecropolisTerry B. Ball and Kerry Muhlestein13 The Fag el-Gamous Papyrus FragmentLincoln H. Blumell14 Philadelphia: A Preliminary ReportJohn Gee15 A Complete List of Publications about the Fag el-Gamous Necropolis and Seila Pyramid Excavations by Members of the BYU Egypt Excavation Team (Including Those from the Year that I.E.S. Edwards Was Part of the Team, and Those Resulting from Work at Kom Aushim)Bethany Jensen and Masen Williamson