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Oh look another granite Sekhmet statue . . .Fizzy red wine (Bonarda) for our wedding anniversary. Quite fantastic.Boats on the saltmarsh.Van Gogh's famous Sunflowers, painted in Arles 1888. Although I'm less of a fan of his later work I do like this classic.Starry Night, Arles by Vincent van Gogh, painted 1888. This is a more typical van Gogh. I like it because this is what the night looks like without glasses or contact lenses.Carpenter's Yard and Laundry in the Hague by Vincent van Gogh. Painted 1882. Inspired by prints of London and Van Gogh's anxiety about poverty and urbanism.Renewing my acquaintance with EA47568 from Asyut Hogarth Tomb 46.Spotted this familiar silhouette on the Acanthus dining room.Top Posts & Pages
- When diorite is gneiss; Products of the Gebel el-Asr quarries
- Ditch that total station and grab your tablet? ArcGIS Collector and QGIS QField mobile-GIS survey apps reviewed.
- Re-thinking Beds and bedrooms in Ancient Egypt: Thoughts provoked by Nadine Moeller's The Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt
- Free high-resolution satellite imagery and how to find it.
- The myths about illegal antiquities and why you should never buy them!
- Wonky Giza pyramids: Oblique satellite imagery and georeferencing
Blogs I follow
- Egyptian Monuments
- geipepthode1979's Blog
- Trekkie Feminist
- Southend Museums
- Variant Readings
- Garstang Museum of Archaeology
- Manchester Ancient Egypt Society
- BM International Training Programme
- The History of Egypt Podcast
- Creative Researchers
- The Thesis Whisperer
- Papyrus Stories
- The Research Whisperer
- Amarna Anniversary
- The Bioarchaeology of Childhood | Sian Halcrow
- Free and Open Source GIS Ramblings
- The History of Byzantium
- Doug's Archaeology
- Archaeological Networks
- University of Cambridge Museums
- Chris Naunton
- Geoninja Info
- Nicky van de Beek
- Heritage for Transformation
- markersofauthenticity.wordpress.com/
- Byzantine Blog
- badarchaeology.wordpress.com/
- It's All Greek To Me
- Gates of Nineveh: An Experiment in Blogging Assyriology
- South Asasif Conservation Project
- Per Storemyr Archaeology & Conservation
- The Punching Bag
- Egyptians
- Kristian Strutt
- Revealing Our History
- Amun-Ra Egyptology Blog
- imbaba
- minufiyeh
- Luxor Times
- Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology – UCL Culture Blog
- Tetisheri - Blog
- AMNTE NOFRE (Amentet Neferet)
- Ancient Egyptian Cobra Project
- Em Hotep!
- The Tell Basta Project
- The Egyptiana Emporium
- Egyptology News Network
- Dayr al-Barshā Project
- The Sirius Project
- iMalqata – A Joint Expedition
Archaeology blogs
Egyptology blogs
Flickr Photos
Author Archives: hannahpethen
Should I do a PhD?
Should you do a PhD? What should you think about before you apply? How can you maximise your career chances before you even begin your PhD. Continue reading
Foreshadowing is not just for movies: A Turin papyrus and the shrines of Tutankhamun
If this was in a movie you wouldn’t believe it! Five years before the discovery of Tutankhamun, Carter’s work on a plan of the tomb of Ramesses IV, revealed inexplicable features that he would one day be able to answer. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Egyptology
Tagged Ramesses IV, Royal Tombs, Tomb plans, Turin Papyrus, Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings
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Free high-resolution satellite imagery and how to find it.
Where can you find free high resolution satellite imagery for your project, which is the best imagery and what are the issues with it? Continue reading
Posted in Remote sensing
Tagged Bing, ESRI, GIS, Google Earth, QGIS, Remote sensing, Satellite imagery, Theban necropolis
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Finishing the map, georeferencing the pyramid of Djedefre
Georeferencing a map of the pyramid complex of Djedefre, wrestling with inaccuracies, residuals and RMSE. Continue reading
Posted in GIS
Tagged Abu Rawash, Djedefre, Georeferencing, GIS, Pyramid, Remote sensing, Satellite imagery
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Errors, inaccuracies, resolution and RMSE: Georeferencing a difficult map of Abu Rawash’s pyramid and cemeteries
What makes georeferencing historic maps difficult and how does the process work? Here I georeference a problematic map of Abu Rawash, pyramid and cemeteries, Egypt. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Egyptology, GIS
Tagged Abu Rawash, Georeferencing, GIS, Mastaba, Pyramid, Remote sensing
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Wonky Giza pyramids: Oblique satellite imagery and georeferencing
Satellite imagery is very precise but can still exhibit parallax. This is a particular issue for georeferencing historic maps, demonstrated here with reference to the Giza Pyramids. Continue reading
Posted in GIS
Tagged Georeferencing, GIS, Giza Plateau, Giza Pyramids, Pyramids, Remote sensing, Satellite imagery
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Shifting mastabas: Georeferencing a plan of a Fourth Dynasty Egyptian mastaba cemetery, at Abu Rawash.
How do archaeologists relate historic maps and plans to modern satellite imagery and maps? This post and video shows how a historic map of mastaba cemetery F at Abu Rawash, Egypt was georeferenced with ArcGIS. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Egyptology, GIS
Tagged Abu Rawash, Cemeteries, Georeferencing, GIS, Maps, Mastaba, Remote sensing
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Kinky Temples: Satellite imagery ‘fails’!
What happens when satellite imagery contains errors? Warping of the satellite imagery has left us with kinky temples at Deir el-Bahri. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Egyptology, Remote sensing
Tagged ArcGIS, Deir el-Bahri, Georectification, GIS, Satellite imagery
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Essex’s Tutankhamun? Learning from seemingly incongruous comparisons.
What do we learn from comparing an Anglo-Saxon burial in Prittlewell with Egypt’s famous Tutankhamun? Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Egyptology
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Antiquities, archaeology, Egypt, Excavations, Exhibitions, King of Prittlewell, Tutankhamun
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A Review of the Garstang Museum’s ‘Before Egypt: Art, Culture and Power’ exhibition at the Victoria Gallery and Museum at the University of Liverpool
The Garstang Museum’s ‘Before Egypt’ exhibition reviewed! Pots, palettes, some stunning artefacts and a female Pharaoh. Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition review
Tagged Antiquities, archaeology, Egypt, Excavations, Exhibitions, Museums, Predynastic
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