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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.
- Errors, inaccuracies, resolution and RMSE: Georeferencing a difficult map of Abu Rawash's pyramid and cemeteries
- Ditch that total station and grab your tablet? ArcGIS Collector and QGIS QField mobile-GIS survey apps reviewed.
- 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.
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- 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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Tag Archives: Satellite imagery
Free high-resolution satellite imagery and how to find it.
Where can you find free high resolution satellite imagery for your project, which is the best imagery and what are the issues with it? Continue reading
Posted in Remote sensing
Tagged Bing, ESRI, GIS, Google Earth, QGIS, Remote sensing, Satellite imagery, Theban necropolis
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Finishing the map, georeferencing the pyramid of Djedefre
Georeferencing a map of the pyramid complex of Djedefre, wrestling with inaccuracies, residuals and RMSE. Continue reading
Posted in GIS
Tagged Abu Rawash, Djedefre, Georeferencing, GIS, Pyramid, Remote sensing, Satellite imagery
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Wonky Giza pyramids: Oblique satellite imagery and georeferencing
Satellite imagery is very precise but can still exhibit parallax. This is a particular issue for georeferencing historic maps, demonstrated here with reference to the Giza Pyramids. Continue reading
Posted in GIS
Tagged Georeferencing, GIS, Giza Plateau, Giza Pyramids, Pyramids, Remote sensing, Satellite imagery
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Kinky Temples: Satellite imagery ‘fails’!
What happens when satellite imagery contains errors? Warping of the satellite imagery has left us with kinky temples at Deir el-Bahri. Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Egyptology, Remote sensing
Tagged ArcGIS, Deir el-Bahri, Georectification, GIS, Satellite imagery
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