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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.
- When diorite is gneiss; Products of the Gebel el-Asr quarries
- The myths about illegal antiquities and why you should never buy them!
- 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
- 5 pieces of advice I wish I'd heard in the first year of my PhD
- A gneiss sphinx: Is the Hazor sphinx made from Gebel el-Asr gneiss?
- 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
- 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
- Ancient Egypt Research Associates
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Tag Archives: Archaeology and Egyptology
Undercurrents: Clichés and scientific archaeology in Egyptian foreign relations
How far have we internalised ancient mores, and how does science and archaeology challenge those clichés? Continue reading
Posted in Academic life
Tagged Archaeology and Egyptology, Egypt, foreignrelations, science
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Tutankhamun, Nefertiti and all that jazz: What have we learned?
Almost a year since the media discovered Reeves’ theory that Tutankhamun’s tomb contained Nefertiti, what have we learned? Continue reading
Posted in Traditional and Social Media
Tagged Archaeology and Egyptology, Egyptology, Nefertiti, Tutankhamun
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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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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
Posted in Egyptian Quarries
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
Posted in Protection and destruction
Tagged Antiquities, Archaeology and Egyptology, Egyptology, Legislation, Looting, NPIB, Planning
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