Author Archives: hannahpethen

About hannahpethen

Having completed my PhD in archaeology at the University of Liverpool, I am now a freelance archaeologists working with landscape and topographic survey and satellite imagery. I specialise in GIS, GPS, desk-based assessment and landscape projects and have a particular interest in Egyptian archaeology.

The Egyptian collection in the Museo Nacional des Belles Artes, Havana Cuba.

Posted on May 30, 2017

A review of the fantastic and rarely explored Egyptian collection in Havana. Continue reading →

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Will a computer take my job?: Archaeology and technological development?

Posted on March 31, 2017

Can archaeologists be replaced by machines? As technology develops where does that leave the human? Continue reading →

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Global Xplorer: Satellite remote sensing, looting and crowd-sourcing.

Posted on February 7, 2017

A new platform can make you a ‘Space Archaeologist’, but will it help looters too? Continue reading →

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A gneiss sphinx: Is the Hazor sphinx made from Gebel el-Asr gneiss?

Posted on January 23, 2017

Does the Hazor Egyptian sphinx come from the southern Egyptian Gebel el-Asr quarries? Continue reading →

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Animal Mummies at the World Museum, Liverpool

Posted on December 19, 2016

A great exhibition of Egyptian animal mummies is on at the World Museum, Liverpool. Continue reading →

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Undercurrents: Clichés and scientific archaeology in Egyptian foreign relations

Posted on November 15, 2016

How far have we internalised ancient mores, and how does science and archaeology challenge those clichés? Continue reading →

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Ancient Ottoman and Byzantine shipwrecks discovered in pristine condition in Black Sea — Byzantine Blog

Posted on October 31, 2016

The Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project has been on a mission to map out the floor of the Black Sea. The study was geared towards understanding how quickly sea levels rose at the end of the last Ice Age, some … Continue reading →

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Tutankhamun, Nefertiti and all that jazz: What have we learned?

Posted on September 19, 2016

Almost a year since the media discovered Reeves’ theory that Tutankhamun’s tomb contained Nefertiti, what have we learned? Continue reading →

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The Cleansing of Mosul

Posted on June 8, 2016

Originally posted on Gates of Nineveh: An Experiment in Blogging Assyriology:
As the focus has shifted to Palmyra, relatively little media attention has been paid over the past several months to ISIS’ continued destruction of cultural sites in and around…

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Review of the British Museum’s Sunken Cities Exhibition

Posted on June 6, 2016

A great exhibition, thoroughly enjoyable. Both artistic and informative. Continue reading →

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