Egypt
An article on Abydos and its restoration by reclaiming the site from habitation. It always amazes me how a site so sacred stopped being and by the time the ancients stopped worship at the site it must have been completely polluted.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081016-egypt-abydos.html
- Object Biography #2: A Label Of King Djer (acc. No. 6763a)
Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) A really good piece, putting the label into its Abydos context. With photos and illustrations. This small (1.8 x 1.9 cm) piece of incised bone doesn’t look like much, but it comes from one of Pharaonic Egypt’s most...
- Protestors Block Tourist Access To Temple Of Abydos
Youm7 Tourism movement stopped in Abydos Temple in Sohag. Two tourist groups cancelled their visit to the temple due to insecure developments that may arise as a result of protests there. Resident of the village of Oraba Abydos organized a protest before...
- Expedition Magazine - Prehistoric Abydos
Expedition Magazine Not available online, I'm afraid, but there's an article in the most recent edition of UPenn's Expedition Magazine (Volume 50, Number 3, Winter 2008) about Abydos: Prehistoric Abydos--Africa's Gateway to the World Harold...
- Damaged Egyptian "mecca" To Be Restored
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) A development boom near Egypt's Abydos archaeological site is damaging one of the most sacred gathering places for ancient pilgrims, experts say. Millions of Egyptians crossed the desert surrounding Abydos from...
- National Geographic Feature On Abydos
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature7/index.html http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature7/gallery1.html http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature7/map.html Thanks to my Dad for buying me the April edition of National...
Egypt
Damaged Abydos
An article on Abydos and its restoration by reclaiming the site from habitation. It always amazes me how a site so sacred stopped being and by the time the ancients stopped worship at the site it must have been completely polluted.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081016-egypt-abydos.html
- Object Biography #2: A Label Of King Djer (acc. No. 6763a)
Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) A really good piece, putting the label into its Abydos context. With photos and illustrations. This small (1.8 x 1.9 cm) piece of incised bone doesn’t look like much, but it comes from one of Pharaonic Egypt’s most...
- Protestors Block Tourist Access To Temple Of Abydos
Youm7 Tourism movement stopped in Abydos Temple in Sohag. Two tourist groups cancelled their visit to the temple due to insecure developments that may arise as a result of protests there. Resident of the village of Oraba Abydos organized a protest before...
- Expedition Magazine - Prehistoric Abydos
Expedition Magazine Not available online, I'm afraid, but there's an article in the most recent edition of UPenn's Expedition Magazine (Volume 50, Number 3, Winter 2008) about Abydos: Prehistoric Abydos--Africa's Gateway to the World Harold...
- Damaged Egyptian "mecca" To Be Restored
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) A development boom near Egypt's Abydos archaeological site is damaging one of the most sacred gathering places for ancient pilgrims, experts say. Millions of Egyptians crossed the desert surrounding Abydos from...
- National Geographic Feature On Abydos
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature7/index.html http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature7/gallery1.html http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature7/map.html Thanks to my Dad for buying me the April edition of National...