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.
Author: 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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Artefacts from the Anglo-Saxon burial at Prittlewell exhibited in Southend Museum.
A Review of the new exhibition of the Prittlewell Princely burial in Southend Museum
Re-thinking Beds and bedrooms in Ancient Egypt: Thoughts provoked by Nadine Moeller’s The Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt
How did Egyptians use their bedrooms? How do we interpret ancient spaces? Nadine Moeller's new book on Egyptian Urbanism provides food for thought.
Provenance, fakes, uncertainty and ethics: The problems with legally purchased antiquities.
My recent visit to the Barcelona Egyptian Museum revealed some fantastic artefacts, but also raised unsettling questions about forgeries, provenance and the ethics of presenting recently purchased antiquities in museums.
The Egyptian Museum of Barcelona
The Egyptian Museum in Barcelona contains a number of interesting artefacts and is a fascinating place to visit.
Ditch that total station and grab your tablet? ArcGIS Collector and QGIS QField mobile-GIS survey apps reviewed.
How do the latest mobile-GIS apps measure up in the field? I review two new approaches to archaeological survey.
Scribe in the House of Life: Hannah Pethen Ph.D. 