Egypt
- Growing And Grinding
IHC An advert for an upcoming talk by Willeke Wendrich, but it contains some information about the Faiyum and is quite well timed given the above discussions about the risks to the archaeology of the Faiyum. The north shore of Lake Qarun in the Egyptian...
- Daily Photo By Tony Marson
North Temple of Karanis (Kom Aushim) Copyright Tony Marson Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Fayum Project - Season 2008
Fayum Project 2008 (UCLA/RUG) Details of the 2008 season of work carried out by the Fayum Project at Karanis, and the prehistoric sites E29H1 and Kom K. The report is accompanied by some excellent photographs. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- More Re Ucla Field School In Egypt
UCLA -Archaeology Field Program Field school student Susie Joyner takes another video, this time meandering around the dig site in the ancient city of Karanis to capture footage of her fellow students digging. We get a look at their brightly colored digging...
- Daily Photo: Karanis, Faiyum
Karanis is located at Kom Ushim in the Faiyum Depression, to the southwest of Cairo. It is a ruined Graeco Roman frontier settlement, one of the largest towns in the Faiyum, founded in the 3rd century BCE and home to around 3000 people. Mud brick walls...
Egypt
Daily Photo by Tony Marson
View over Karanis (Kom Aushim), Faiyum Depression
I particularly like this photograph, shwoing the terrific foundations of the
ruined town, with views out over the green expanses of the Faiyum.
I have some very happy memories of Karanis.
Su Bayfield has a great summary of Karanis on her Egyptian Monuments website.
Work that took place at Karanis in UCLA's 2008 seson is
described on the UCLA/RUG website.
I particularly like this photograph, shwoing the terrific foundations of the
ruined town, with views out over the green expanses of the Faiyum.
I have some very happy memories of Karanis.
Su Bayfield has a great summary of Karanis on her Egyptian Monuments website.
Work that took place at Karanis in UCLA's 2008 seson is
described on the UCLA/RUG website.
Copyright Tony Marson
- Growing And Grinding
IHC An advert for an upcoming talk by Willeke Wendrich, but it contains some information about the Faiyum and is quite well timed given the above discussions about the risks to the archaeology of the Faiyum. The north shore of Lake Qarun in the Egyptian...
- Daily Photo By Tony Marson
North Temple of Karanis (Kom Aushim) Copyright Tony Marson Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Fayum Project - Season 2008
Fayum Project 2008 (UCLA/RUG) Details of the 2008 season of work carried out by the Fayum Project at Karanis, and the prehistoric sites E29H1 and Kom K. The report is accompanied by some excellent photographs. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- More Re Ucla Field School In Egypt
UCLA -Archaeology Field Program Field school student Susie Joyner takes another video, this time meandering around the dig site in the ancient city of Karanis to capture footage of her fellow students digging. We get a look at their brightly colored digging...
- Daily Photo: Karanis, Faiyum
Karanis is located at Kom Ushim in the Faiyum Depression, to the southwest of Cairo. It is a ruined Graeco Roman frontier settlement, one of the largest towns in the Faiyum, founded in the 3rd century BCE and home to around 3000 people. Mud brick walls...