We would like to express our thanks to Kyle Long for his help in formatting the chapters of this volume and to Keegan Decker, for his assistance with initial copy editing. Academic sponsorship for the Mendes Expedition was under the aegis of the College of Liberal Arts, the Pennsylvania State University; with funding provided by the university’s Summer Abroad Program. Finally, we would like to thank the directors of the Permanent Committee and Missions Affairs of the Ministry of State for Antiquities, Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khalid and Dr. Nashwa Gaber; also, the directors for the Daqahlieh Province, viz. Naguib Nour and Salim el-Boghdadi, for their warm cooperation and continued support of our archaeological research at the site.