Egypt
Pyramid of Hawara
The remains of the Labyrinth
- Online: A Virtual Exploration Of The Lost Labyrinth
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis This paper reports on a case study that explores the possibility of reproducing a destroyed historic site from its remaining artefacts. Using VR (virtual reality) technologies, we construct a series of low-end, 3D...
- Millions Of Canine Mummies Revealed At Saqqara
LiveScience (Wynne Parry) The excavation of a labyrinth of tunnels beneath the Egyptian desert has revealed the remains of millions of animals, mostly dogs and jackals. Many appear to have been only hours or days old when they were killed and mummified....
- Travel: The Al-faiyum Oasis
Discount Travelogue Al-Faiyum. If you want to see the working water wheels in Medinet al-Faiyum, the best point of view is from the cafeteria al-Medina, but I suggest you try to not consume anything. We ordered two cokes. We got two bottles of 'mineral'...
- Faiyum Portraits
nunc stans My daily photo slot yesterday showed five of the Hawara portraits from the Faiyum. Quite coincidentally I stumbled across this blog which has a You Tube video showing some more of the Faiyum portraits. The video simply shows a large number...
- New Book: Living Images (hawara Portraits)
A new book has been announced, which will be officially launched on Friday 26th October 2007 at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, London (U.K.): Living Images - Egyptian Funerary Portraits in the Petrie Museum, edited by Janet Picton, Stephen Quirke...
Egypt
Daily Photo - Hawara
The mudbrick pyramid of Hawara and the Labyrinth, Faiyum.
Pyramid of Hawara
One of the few remains of the Labyrinth - twin crocodiles
- Online: A Virtual Exploration Of The Lost Labyrinth
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis This paper reports on a case study that explores the possibility of reproducing a destroyed historic site from its remaining artefacts. Using VR (virtual reality) technologies, we construct a series of low-end, 3D...
- Millions Of Canine Mummies Revealed At Saqqara
LiveScience (Wynne Parry) The excavation of a labyrinth of tunnels beneath the Egyptian desert has revealed the remains of millions of animals, mostly dogs and jackals. Many appear to have been only hours or days old when they were killed and mummified....
- Travel: The Al-faiyum Oasis
Discount Travelogue Al-Faiyum. If you want to see the working water wheels in Medinet al-Faiyum, the best point of view is from the cafeteria al-Medina, but I suggest you try to not consume anything. We ordered two cokes. We got two bottles of 'mineral'...
- Faiyum Portraits
nunc stans My daily photo slot yesterday showed five of the Hawara portraits from the Faiyum. Quite coincidentally I stumbled across this blog which has a You Tube video showing some more of the Faiyum portraits. The video simply shows a large number...
- New Book: Living Images (hawara Portraits)
A new book has been announced, which will be officially launched on Friday 26th October 2007 at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, London (U.K.): Living Images - Egyptian Funerary Portraits in the Petrie Museum, edited by Janet Picton, Stephen Quirke...