Dayr Al-Barsha 2012 season
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Dayr Al-Barsha 2012 season


Dayr Al-Barsha

The 2012 Campaign (17 February-26 April 2012)

The combination of detailed excavation, archaeological survey, and geomorphological analysis in and around Dayr al-Barsha was vigorously pursued in 2012. This led to several new insights that are crucial to understand the archaeology in the region as a whole.





- Learning More About The Middle Kingdom
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) With photos. The discovery of a Middle Kingdom burial of a member of the family of the Deir Al-Barsha governor has given Egyptologists some unique information on the scenario in which the ancient Egyptians conducted their...

- New Tomb At Deir Al-barsha Casts New Light On The Middle Kingdom
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The discovery of a Middle Kingdom burial of a member of the family of the Deir Al-Barsha governor has given Egyptologists some unique information on the scenario in which the ancient Egyptians conducted their funerary...

- Partial Closure Of Egypt Galleries At Manchester Museum
Egypt at the Manchester Museum blog We have now started work on our new Ancient Worlds galleries, opening late 2012, which will replace the current Ancient Egypt and Archaeology galleries. The Daily Life section of Ancient Egypt is now closed but most...

- Lost Egypt Exhibition Blog
Lost Egypt A blog charting the work that is going into a traveling exhibition called Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science. We’re continuing to film interviews for the Lost Egypt exhibition. Two weeks ago we met with Dr. Tosha Dupras at WOSU@COSI....

- New Book: Dayr Al-barsha Volume I. The Rock Tombs Of Djehutinakht (no. 17k74/1), Khnumnakht (no. 17k74/2), And Iha (no. 17k74/3)
Peeters Publishers This is the first volume of the final reports of the Mission of the K.U.Leuven in Dayr al-Barsha (Middle Egypt). It contains the publication (in colour photographs and line drawings in colour) of three small tombs probably dated immediately...



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