Egypt
New York University
- Amheida Website Updated
NYU Excavations at Amheida Three reports from the 2010 season are new available at the above page (Field Report, Geophysical Survey and Palaeozoology). Amheida is an important site in Dakhleh Oasis. Here's an exerpt from the website's introduction:...
- Amheida 2009 Report
www.amheida.org/inc/pdf/Report2009.pdf I was rumbling around the web looking for something else when I stumbled across the above link to the latest field report from Amheida (2009). Amheida is in Dakhleh Oasis (Western Desert). The report is in PDF format,...
- Investigations At Amheida
Live Science (Rob Goodier) A trench that was cut through collapsed mud bricks and the compacted debris of buildings leveled centuries ago is revealing a dusty scene of roof-topped streets in ancient Amheida, a city marooned on an oasis deep in Egypt’s...
- Amheida: Director's Report 2006
http://tinyurl.com/hockb (learn.columbia.edu)The Roman period site of Amheida lies to the south of the modern Dakhleh Oasis town of El Qasr. Poart of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, the work at Amheida is carried out by Columbia University. After preliminary...
- Amheida 2005 Excavation Report Online
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/amheida/html/2005_field_reports/2005_report.html This is a lovely and highly informative page with plans, photographs and detailed descriptions: “During the 2005 season, a much enlarged team continued conservation and excavation...
Egypt
Excavations at Amheida
New York University
I don't usually bother with lecture announcements because EEF do a much better job of aggregating all the information on their weekly newsletter but this announcement actually has some useful details about the subject matter.
The lecture is in New York on the 17th June. See the above link for full details.
Amheida is a vast archaeological site on the western edge of Dakhla Oasis in Egypt. A team of researchers led by Dr. Roger Bagnall, Director of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU, began the Amheida Project in 2001 with an intensive investigation and survey of the site.
One of the most spectacular discoveries, near the centre of the town in Area 2, is the house of Serenus, who was part of the city council in the middle of the 4th century. The structure contains fifteen rooms, one of which was painted with classical wall scenes. On the northern wall, to the left of the doorway, a mythological scene depicts the legend of Perseus rescuing the beautiful Andromeda who is about to be devoured by a sea-monster, while to the right of the door is the Homeric scene of the Return of Odysseus to Ithaca, from his long voyage which brought him to Egyptian shores.
The site at Amheida will be part of a long-term scheme for the Dakhla Oasis Project. Please join us for a presentation and discussion on Amheida and its archaeological significance.
The lecture is in New York on the 17th June. See the above link for full details.
- Amheida Website Updated
NYU Excavations at Amheida Three reports from the 2010 season are new available at the above page (Field Report, Geophysical Survey and Palaeozoology). Amheida is an important site in Dakhleh Oasis. Here's an exerpt from the website's introduction:...
- Amheida 2009 Report
www.amheida.org/inc/pdf/Report2009.pdf I was rumbling around the web looking for something else when I stumbled across the above link to the latest field report from Amheida (2009). Amheida is in Dakhleh Oasis (Western Desert). The report is in PDF format,...
- Investigations At Amheida
Live Science (Rob Goodier) A trench that was cut through collapsed mud bricks and the compacted debris of buildings leveled centuries ago is revealing a dusty scene of roof-topped streets in ancient Amheida, a city marooned on an oasis deep in Egypt’s...
- Amheida: Director's Report 2006
http://tinyurl.com/hockb (learn.columbia.edu)The Roman period site of Amheida lies to the south of the modern Dakhleh Oasis town of El Qasr. Poart of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, the work at Amheida is carried out by Columbia University. After preliminary...
- Amheida 2005 Excavation Report Online
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/amheida/html/2005_field_reports/2005_report.html This is a lovely and highly informative page with plans, photographs and detailed descriptions: “During the 2005 season, a much enlarged team continued conservation and excavation...