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Review of the re-displayed Egypt and Sudan gallery of the Manchester Museum

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A review of the redisplayed Egypt and Sudan Gallery at Manchester Museum.

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What sahw you? ‘Mummies’, ‘Mummified people’ or ‘Mummified remains’?

On By hannahpethenIn Museum collections2 Comments

What should we call mummified ancient Egyptians? 'Mummy' is thought offensive, but is 'mummified people' a better term?

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Pan-sharpening a composite 3-band 4-3-2 RGB true colour Landsat-8 satellite image of Gebel Asyut el-Gharbi

On By hannahpethenIn Asyut Region Project, GIS, Satellite remote sensing3 Comments

How to enhance a composite 3-band satellite image with a panchromatic band, by pan-sharpening in ArcGIS.

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‘I see your true colours . . ‘ creating a composite ‘true colour’ Landsat-8 satellite image of Gebel Asyut el-Gharbi

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How to create a natural 'true colour' image from single Landsat-8 satellite image bands.

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Exhibition Review: ‘Tutankhamun the Boy: Growing up in ancient Egypt’ at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology

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A review of the Petrie Museum's new exhibition 'Tutankhamun the Boy'.

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Five years on: Reflections on Reflectance Transformation Imaging research at Hatnub Quarry P in 2017

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Reflection on reflectance transformation imaging at Hatnub in 2017

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Five years on: Reflections on mobile GIS survey at Hatnub Quarry P in 2017

On By hannahpethenIn GIS, Hatnub2 Comments

Results of the mobile GIS survey in 2017 at the Hatnub quarries and links to the published papers.

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Wunderkammers, colonial hangovers and multivocality.

On By hannahpethenIn Museum collections, Public archaeology4 Comments

Is the Wunderkammer just a colonial hangover or does it have more to teach us?

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Alan Sorrell: Archaeological illustrator of Nubia and illustrator of archaeologists.

On By hannahpethenIn Egyptology3 Comments

Famous Southend painter and archaeological illustrator Alan Sorrell, drew the monuments of Nubia and the campaign to save them from Lake Nasser.

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The afterlife of the Prittlewell Prince

On By hannahpethenIn Blog, Public archaeology1 Comment

How have misconceptions about archaeology affected Southend's most famous archaeological site?