The Hatnub travertine quarries comprise an area of the Eastern desert of Egypt, roughly 17km south-east of the famous site of Amarna. Since 2012 a joint mission from the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale and the University of Liverpool have been working in the largest quarry, Quarry P (below, looking west). The primary aim of the Hatnub …

Continue reading Surveying in the Mansion of Gold; The Hatnub travertine (Egyptian Alabaster) quarries near Minya