Egypt
- More Re The New 17th Dynasty King
Discovery (Rossella Lorenzi) A new king has been added to the long list of ancient pharaohs, the Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities, Mohamed Ibrahim, announced this week. The king's name, Senakht-en-Re, emerged from the engraved remains...
- More Re Saqqara Tombs Discovery
drhawass.com Press Release with photographs Two rock-hewn painted tombs considered as two of the most distinguished tombs ever found from the Old Kingdom were discovered last week at Saqqara necropolis. Cultural Minister, Mr. Farouk Hosni, announced today...
- More On The Lintel From The Temple Of Mut, Karnak
http://www.nysun.com/article/48246"The museum's ongoing expedition to the Temple Precinct of the Goddess Mut at South Karnak discovered a painted and gilded lintel that had originally topped the doorway of a religious structure. 'Some of the significance...
- Decorated Houses Of Nubia
http://tinyurl.com/eu7n3 (saudiaramcoworld.com)It's a very slow news day today, so I've added this article because it may be of interest to those interested in modern as well as ancient Egyptian culture. The article looks at modern Nubian decorated...
- Today In 1922 - Howard Carter's Diary
http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/gri/4sea1not.htmlThe wonderful Griffith Institute has the record of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, as written in Carter's own diaries, on the above web page. The diaries start on the 28th October 1922. I thought...
Egypt
Amara West - Reconstructed doorway with hieroglyph-inscribed lintel
British Museum (Neal Spencer)
With photos.
With photos.
Five weeks ago, Mary Shepperson revealed the remains of a stone doorway, tumbled into room two of house E13.6. Over the last few days we have reconstructed the gateway in the courtyard of our house – albeit laid flat on the ground rather than vertical…
The imposing appearance of the doorway is now more evident, standing 2.35m tall, with a passageway of 88cm wide by 1.75m tall. In terms of scale, many of our field team would have to stoop to walk through the door.
The lintel is made from an unusually fine sandstone – perhaps from Sai island – whereas the doorjambs are of the poor quality sandstone we more often encounter. This doorway would have been set into the mudbrick wall.
The jambs are not inscribed – any inscription would have been into a layer of white plaster, now largely disappeared. On the lintel, the red- and yellow-painted hieroglyphs invoke the god Amun-Ra and Horus Lord of Ta-sety, and also refer to king Tuthmosis III.
Interestingly, this door was not the main house door, but rather framed the entrance to the central reception room, with a low bench against its back wall.
- More Re The New 17th Dynasty King
Discovery (Rossella Lorenzi) A new king has been added to the long list of ancient pharaohs, the Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities, Mohamed Ibrahim, announced this week. The king's name, Senakht-en-Re, emerged from the engraved remains...
- More Re Saqqara Tombs Discovery
drhawass.com Press Release with photographs Two rock-hewn painted tombs considered as two of the most distinguished tombs ever found from the Old Kingdom were discovered last week at Saqqara necropolis. Cultural Minister, Mr. Farouk Hosni, announced today...
- More On The Lintel From The Temple Of Mut, Karnak
http://www.nysun.com/article/48246"The museum's ongoing expedition to the Temple Precinct of the Goddess Mut at South Karnak discovered a painted and gilded lintel that had originally topped the doorway of a religious structure. 'Some of the significance...
- Decorated Houses Of Nubia
http://tinyurl.com/eu7n3 (saudiaramcoworld.com)It's a very slow news day today, so I've added this article because it may be of interest to those interested in modern as well as ancient Egyptian culture. The article looks at modern Nubian decorated...
- Today In 1922 - Howard Carter's Diary
http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/gri/4sea1not.htmlThe wonderful Griffith Institute has the record of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, as written in Carter's own diaries, on the above web page. The diaries start on the 28th October 1922. I thought...