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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
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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. Continue reading
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Tagged Antiquities, Egypt, forgeries, Looting, Museums
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The myths about illegal antiquities and why you should never buy them!
Purchasers of black market artefacts promulgate many myths to justify their actions, but there is a dark reality behind them. Continue reading
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A gneiss sphinx: Is the Hazor sphinx made from Gebel el-Asr gneiss?
Does the Hazor Egyptian sphinx come from the southern Egyptian Gebel el-Asr quarries? Continue reading
The Cleansing of Mosul
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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The failed (Egyptian) obelisk.
The Unfinished Obelisk in the Aswan quarries was a failure as a monument, but provides valuable information on stone quarrying and obelisk carving. Continue reading
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Tagged Archaeology and Egyptology, Egyptian Quarries, Egyptology, Obelisk
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Does the Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill matter for archaeology outside the UK?
Changes to UK legislation will have a negative effect on attitudes to and protection of archaeology overseas? Continue reading
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Tagged Antiquities, Archaeology and Egyptology, Egyptology, Legislation, Looting, NPIB, Planning
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