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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.Autumnal M40Top Posts & Pages
- Shifting mastabas: Georeferencing a plan of a Fourth Dynasty Egyptian mastaba cemetery, at Abu Rawash.
- The myths about illegal antiquities and why you should never buy them!
- When diorite is gneiss; Products of the Gebel el-Asr quarries
- Re-thinking Beds and bedrooms in Ancient Egypt: Thoughts provoked by Nadine Moeller's The Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt
- Wonky Giza pyramids: Oblique satellite imagery and georeferencing
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
Egyptology blogs
Flickr Photos
Tag Archives: Egypt
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
Posted in Archaeology and Egyptology
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Antiquities, archaeology, Egypt, Excavations, Exhibitions, King of Prittlewell, Tutankhamun
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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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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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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
Posted in Protection and destruction
Tagged Antiquities, Egypt, forgeries, Looting, Museums
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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
Will a computer take my job?: Archaeology and technological development?
Can archaeologists be replaced by machines? As technology develops where does that leave the human? Continue reading
Posted in Academic life
Tagged Automation, Egypt, Egyptology, Giza, Great Pyramid, science
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Global Xplorer: Satellite remote sensing, looting and crowd-sourcing.
A new platform can make you a ‘Space Archaeologist’, but will it help looters too? Continue reading
Posted in Remote sensing
Tagged Antiquities, crowd-sourcing, Egypt, Looting, Remote sensing, Satellite
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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
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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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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