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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
- Free high-resolution satellite imagery and how to find it.
- The myths about illegal antiquities and why you should never buy them!
- Ditch that total station and grab your tablet? ArcGIS Collector and QGIS QField mobile-GIS survey apps reviewed.
- Gebel el-Asr quarries: Discovery and excavation
- Foreshadowing is not just for movies: A Turin papyrus and the shrines of Tutankhamun
- When diorite is gneiss; Products of the Gebel el-Asr quarries
- The Egyptian collection in the Museo Nacional des Belles Artes, Havana Cuba.
- Re-thinking Beds and bedrooms in Ancient Egypt: Thoughts provoked by Nadine Moeller's The Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt
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
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Surveying in the Mansion of Gold; The Hatnub travertine (Egyptian Alabaster) quarries near Minya
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 … Continue reading
When diorite is gneiss; Products of the Gebel el-Asr quarries
Gebel el-Asr does not appear to be a typical Egyptian archaeological site. There are no pyramids (not even small mudbrick ones), no temples and no large structures. You could easily drive past it without noticing, but you will certainly have … Continue reading
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Gebel el-Asr quarries: Discovery and excavation
The Gebel el-Asr quarry is an almost invisible site in the south-west of Egypt, located some 65km north-west of Abu Simbel. It is also known as Chephren’s Quarry and Chephren Diorite Quarry after the famous statue of Khafre, which is … Continue reading
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