Egypt
- Photos Of Wadi Hammamat
Flickr (Su Bayfield) Thanks very much to Vincent Brown for pointing out a set of photos on Flickr of the Wadi Hammamat engravings, taken by Su Bayfield. The Wadi Hammamat is one of the most undersung pieces of archaeology in Upper Egypt, and is a relatively...
- 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...
- Daily Photo: Inscriptions From Wadi Hammamat
The Wadi Hammamat in the Eastern Desert is the main route leading from the Nile just north of Luxor to the Red Sea coast, and was used throughout the Pharaonic period. Both expeditions through the wadi and quarrying activities within the wadi area were...
- Daily Photo - Wadi Hammamat Watch-towers
I haven't got anything in my PC's folders which seem like a good match for today's news items, so here's a fairly random trio of photographs showing some of the many constructions along the Wadi Hammamat, which are thought to have been...
- Exhibition: Gold
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/gold/There's an exhibition at the moment at the American Museum of Natural History (New York) which looks at gold, including its geological context, how it is extracted and its use in different ancient socieities. Having...
Egypt
Daily Photo - Wadi Hammamat inscriptions
The Wadi Hammamat in Egypt's Eastern Desert leads from Qift in the west to Quseir in the east. It was a major thoroughfare to both stone quarries in the Wadi Hammamat area from the Predynastic period onwards, and for trading expeditions to the Red Sea coast and beyond during the Pharaonic and Graeco-Roman periods.
- Photos Of Wadi Hammamat
Flickr (Su Bayfield) Thanks very much to Vincent Brown for pointing out a set of photos on Flickr of the Wadi Hammamat engravings, taken by Su Bayfield. The Wadi Hammamat is one of the most undersung pieces of archaeology in Upper Egypt, and is a relatively...
- 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...
- Daily Photo: Inscriptions From Wadi Hammamat
The Wadi Hammamat in the Eastern Desert is the main route leading from the Nile just north of Luxor to the Red Sea coast, and was used throughout the Pharaonic period. Both expeditions through the wadi and quarrying activities within the wadi area were...
- Daily Photo - Wadi Hammamat Watch-towers
I haven't got anything in my PC's folders which seem like a good match for today's news items, so here's a fairly random trio of photographs showing some of the many constructions along the Wadi Hammamat, which are thought to have been...
- Exhibition: Gold
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/gold/There's an exhibition at the moment at the American Museum of Natural History (New York) which looks at gold, including its geological context, how it is extracted and its use in different ancient socieities. Having...