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Instantly recognisable to all the archaeologists - today involved taking 3 children under 8 to Knossos.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.Top Posts & Pages
- Free high-resolution satellite imagery and how to find it.
- Ditch that total station and grab your tablet? ArcGIS Collector and QGIS QField mobile-GIS survey apps reviewed.
- Errors, inaccuracies, resolution and RMSE: Georeferencing a difficult map of Abu Rawash's pyramid and cemeteries
- 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 failed (Egyptian) obelisk.
- Ancient Ottoman and Byzantine shipwrecks discovered in pristine condition in Black Sea — Byzantine Blog
- Re-thinking Beds and bedrooms in Ancient Egypt: Thoughts provoked by Nadine Moeller's The Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt
- Artefacts from the Anglo-Saxon burial at Prittlewell exhibited in Southend Museum.
Blogs I follow
- Egyptian Monuments
- geipepthode1979's Blog
- TrekkieFeminist
- 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
- 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
- luxortimes.com/
- 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
- Ancient Egypt Research Associates
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Category Archives: Reviews
Egyptian Artefacts in the Southend Museum
Did you know that Southend Museum has a small collection of ancient Egyptian objects? Here I look at some on display in the recent Wunderkammer exhibition. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Egyptology, Exhibition review, Public archaeology
Tagged Antiquities, Decolonisation, Egypt, Egyptology, Exhibitions, Looting, Mummia, Mummies, Museums
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Wunderkammer: Southend’s Cabinet of Curiosities
A review of the 2021-2022 Wunderkammer Exhibition at Southend Museum. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Egyptology, Exhibition review
Tagged Collecting, Colonialism, Egypt, Exhibitions, Museums, Reviews, Southend-On-Sea, Wunderkammer
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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
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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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 Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition review
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Antiquities, archaeology, Excavations, Exhibitions, King of Prittlewell, Museums, Planning, Prittlewell
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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. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Egyptology, Book reviews, Reviews
Tagged archaeology, Egypt, Giza, Reviews, settlement
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The Egyptian Museum of Barcelona
The Egyptian Museum in Barcelona contains a number of interesting artefacts and is a fascinating place to visit. Continue reading
The Egyptian collection in the Museo Nacional des Belles Artes, Havana Cuba.
A review of the fantastic and rarely explored Egyptian collection in Havana. Continue reading
Animal Mummies at the World Museum, Liverpool
A great exhibition of Egyptian animal mummies is on at the World Museum, Liverpool. Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition review
Tagged Antiquities, Egypt, Egyptology, Exhibitions, Mummies, Reviews, science
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Review of the British Museum’s Sunken Cities Exhibition
A great exhibition, thoroughly enjoyable. Both artistic and informative. Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition review
Tagged Antiquities, Archaeology and Egyptology, British Museum, Egyptology, Exhibitions, Reviews
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