Egypt
- Photographs From Wadi Hammamat
Egyptian Monuments (Su Bayfield) Thanks very much to Su Bayfield for the link to her latest collection of photographs, this time of engravings from the Wadi Hammamat. The Wadi Hammamat, the road link between Qift and Quesir which bisects the Eastern Desert,...
- Daily Photo - Karnak
I've posted several photographs of Karnak before, but this is a new bunch scanned from old photo albums. Karnak will be the featured site for the Daily Photo for the next few days. The site is vast and incredibly complex - and is still under excavation...
- Daily Photo - Deir El Hagar #1
Photographs of Deir el Hagar in Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert. Deir el Hagar, "Monastery of Stone", was built under the reign of the Emperor Nero and was later added to by other Roman leaders (Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian). Known in Pharaonic times...
- Daily Photo Archive
I was asked yesterday if my blog has an archive for the daily photos, which it doesn't. However, I have now added a hyperlink to the Links list so that when you click the Daily Photo link (third one down at the moment), you will find that all of the...
- Akhmim's Collosal Head Put In Storage
The colossal head of Ramesses II found a few years back in a modern cemetery in the city of Akhmim along with the sculptures from the temple have been removed from the site and placed in storage for their protection. The temple on the site was...
Egypt
Daily Photo: Koptos? El Qala?
This is a magical mystery Daily Photo. I took these photographs in 2002 at a temple somewhere near the entrance to the Wadi Hammamat, travelling from Luxor. I have looked on the Web and in various books, but I cannot find anything to confirm precisely which temple this was. My original information was that this was the Temple of Min at Qift (Koptos) but now I'm not so sure for various reasons.
We were something of a tourist attraction ourselves when we got there - a huge number of children gathered to look at us from a safe distance, and we got the distinct impression that the site was only infrequently visited - in fact, if memory serves, the site had to be opened specially for us, and was fairly well littered with rubbish. It was overlooked by buildings immediately adjancent to the site.
It's not a lot to go on, but I think that these images are distinctive enough for anyone who knows the site to be able to identify it. Anyone who can sort my head out on this one will earn my everlasting gratitude! It is driving me nuts. You can get me by email: [email protected].
Click on the thumbnail to see the entire image.
It's not a lot to go on, but I think that these images are distinctive enough for anyone who knows the site to be able to identify it. Anyone who can sort my head out on this one will earn my everlasting gratitude! It is driving me nuts. You can get me by email: [email protected].
Click on the thumbnail to see the entire image.
The last of the photographs has turned up in a number of searches, but as it is my photograph, lifted from one of my other websites complete with my caption details, the identification is fairly meaningless.
- Photographs From Wadi Hammamat
Egyptian Monuments (Su Bayfield) Thanks very much to Su Bayfield for the link to her latest collection of photographs, this time of engravings from the Wadi Hammamat. The Wadi Hammamat, the road link between Qift and Quesir which bisects the Eastern Desert,...
- Daily Photo - Karnak
I've posted several photographs of Karnak before, but this is a new bunch scanned from old photo albums. Karnak will be the featured site for the Daily Photo for the next few days. The site is vast and incredibly complex - and is still under excavation...
- Daily Photo - Deir El Hagar #1
Photographs of Deir el Hagar in Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert. Deir el Hagar, "Monastery of Stone", was built under the reign of the Emperor Nero and was later added to by other Roman leaders (Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian). Known in Pharaonic times...
- Daily Photo Archive
I was asked yesterday if my blog has an archive for the daily photos, which it doesn't. However, I have now added a hyperlink to the Links list so that when you click the Daily Photo link (third one down at the moment), you will find that all of the...
- Akhmim's Collosal Head Put In Storage
The colossal head of Ramesses II found a few years back in a modern cemetery in the city of Akhmim along with the sculptures from the temple have been removed from the site and placed in storage for their protection. The temple on the site was...