Egypt
- Article: A Different Configuration For The Quarter-rudders On The Khufu I Vessel
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology March 2012, Volume 41, Issue 1. A Different Configuration for the Quarter-Rudders on the Khufu I Vessel (c.2566 BC), and Egyptian Methods of Mounting Quarter-Rudders and Oars in the 4th and 5th Dynasties....
- Photo For Today - Walters Art Museum
Apologies for the lack of posts over the last week - I've had technical problems. All sorted now. I'm talking in Plymouth on October 2nd about the archaeology of the Eastern Desert. If you are a member of PADES and are attending I hope to see...
- Daily Photo - Pear-shaped Macehead, Hierakonpolis
UC14894 Pear-shaped macehead, quartz (published as 'alabaster'); 10 shallow grooves right-handed from bottom to top; only partly bored from either end. Period - Early Dynastic Period (2750BCE-3100BCE) Found at - Hierakonpolis Material - quartz...
- Daily Photo - Game Board
UC20453 Limestone 'serpent-game' board with pierced handle attachment, three coils and incised criss-cross decoration on head and tail Period - Early Dynastic Period ? (2750BCE-3100BCE) Found at - Naqada Measurements - diameter 28.8 cms height...
- Daily Photo - Faience Pig Figurine
UC11007. Faience? pig, faded. Early Dynastic Period (2750BCE-3100BCE). Found at Hierakonpolis ? Measurements - length 7 cms height 3.3 cms width 2.8 cms Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
Egypt
Daily Photo - Ostracon with boat sketch
UC33205. Limestone ostracon with one large sickle-shaped boat with circular terminals at prow and stern, and cabin with kneeling person inside holding a sceptre. Below three smaller sickle-shaped boats, all with steering-oars, two with cabins, and one with mast. Early Dynastic Period ? (2750BCE-3100BCE)
- Article: A Different Configuration For The Quarter-rudders On The Khufu I Vessel
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology March 2012, Volume 41, Issue 1. A Different Configuration for the Quarter-Rudders on the Khufu I Vessel (c.2566 BC), and Egyptian Methods of Mounting Quarter-Rudders and Oars in the 4th and 5th Dynasties....
- Photo For Today - Walters Art Museum
Apologies for the lack of posts over the last week - I've had technical problems. All sorted now. I'm talking in Plymouth on October 2nd about the archaeology of the Eastern Desert. If you are a member of PADES and are attending I hope to see...
- Daily Photo - Pear-shaped Macehead, Hierakonpolis
UC14894 Pear-shaped macehead, quartz (published as 'alabaster'); 10 shallow grooves right-handed from bottom to top; only partly bored from either end. Period - Early Dynastic Period (2750BCE-3100BCE) Found at - Hierakonpolis Material - quartz...
- Daily Photo - Game Board
UC20453 Limestone 'serpent-game' board with pierced handle attachment, three coils and incised criss-cross decoration on head and tail Period - Early Dynastic Period ? (2750BCE-3100BCE) Found at - Naqada Measurements - diameter 28.8 cms height...
- Daily Photo - Faience Pig Figurine
UC11007. Faience? pig, faded. Early Dynastic Period (2750BCE-3100BCE). Found at Hierakonpolis ? Measurements - length 7 cms height 3.3 cms width 2.8 cms Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...