Egypt
- New Book: Qasr Ibrim: The Textiles From The Cathedral Cemetery
Egypt Exploration Society The Egypt Exploration Society’s new title, Qasr Ibrim: The Textiles from the Cathedral Cemetery by Elisabeth Grace Crowfoot is now available to order. Elisabeth Grace Crowfoot is an expert on ancient textiles and in 1976...
- Book Review: Qasr Ibrim - The Greek And Coptic Inscriptions
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Pieter W. van der Horst) Adam Lajtar, Jacques van der Vliet, Qasr Ibrim: The Greek and Coptic Inscriptions (Journal of Juristic Papyrology Supplement XIII). Warsaw: University of Warsaw Press, 2010. Exerpt: Qasr...
- Interviews
Pamela Rose's Quest to Save a Dark Age Settlement in Qasr Ibrim, Nubia Heritage-Key (with photos) Owen Jarus Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 3,000 year old site in Nubia that dates to an ancient 'Dark Age' - a time when the...
- Recognising The Contribution Of The Ees To Nubian History
The Egypt Exploration Society On Wednesday 13 May the Society hosted a fascinating lecture by Joost Hagen, a doctoral student at Leiden University in The Netherlands, on ‘A dossier of one Arabic and four Coptic letters found at Qasr Ibrim (AD 758-60)’....
- Travel: Qasr El Sagha, Faiyum Depression
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/827/tr401.htm"Qasr Al-Sagha, or rather the Golden Fortress, is one of Fayoum's mysterious marvels. Located north of Lake Qarun, the building once stood on the shore of the ancient Lake Moeris. Now the lake has shrunk...
Egypt
Daily Photo - Qasr Ibrim
Qasr Ibrim (Per-Mit/Premis) is the only site above water level that actually remains in its original location. It was fomerly located on a tall headland, which now forms a small island (it takes quite a leap of the imagination to visualize the island as a headland). The site is currently being excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society. Located opposite the important ancient regional centre Aniba, it dates from the New Kingdom, if not earlier, and has a mud brick temple built by the Twenty Fifth Dynasty Nubian king Taharqa, which was later occupied by Christian worshipers in the Coptic period. Tourist boats are allowed to approach Qasr Ibrim, but it is not permitted to set foot on the island due to the fragility of the surviving ruins. When I first visited in March the water levels were very close to the main ruins, which implies that other material was already submerged. With the unprecedented recent Nile floods backing up behind the Aswan High Dam, it is no surprise that the archaeology is now under threat. Here are some pictures of the site taken in March 2007 to accompany today's Al Ahram Weekly article on the subject.
- New Book: Qasr Ibrim: The Textiles From The Cathedral Cemetery
Egypt Exploration Society The Egypt Exploration Society’s new title, Qasr Ibrim: The Textiles from the Cathedral Cemetery by Elisabeth Grace Crowfoot is now available to order. Elisabeth Grace Crowfoot is an expert on ancient textiles and in 1976...
- Book Review: Qasr Ibrim - The Greek And Coptic Inscriptions
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Pieter W. van der Horst) Adam Lajtar, Jacques van der Vliet, Qasr Ibrim: The Greek and Coptic Inscriptions (Journal of Juristic Papyrology Supplement XIII). Warsaw: University of Warsaw Press, 2010. Exerpt: Qasr...
- Interviews
Pamela Rose's Quest to Save a Dark Age Settlement in Qasr Ibrim, Nubia Heritage-Key (with photos) Owen Jarus Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 3,000 year old site in Nubia that dates to an ancient 'Dark Age' - a time when the...
- Recognising The Contribution Of The Ees To Nubian History
The Egypt Exploration Society On Wednesday 13 May the Society hosted a fascinating lecture by Joost Hagen, a doctoral student at Leiden University in The Netherlands, on ‘A dossier of one Arabic and four Coptic letters found at Qasr Ibrim (AD 758-60)’....
- Travel: Qasr El Sagha, Faiyum Depression
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/827/tr401.htm"Qasr Al-Sagha, or rather the Golden Fortress, is one of Fayoum's mysterious marvels. Located north of Lake Qarun, the building once stood on the shore of the ancient Lake Moeris. Now the lake has shrunk...