Egypt
University of Helsinki
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- Amarna News
Amarna news by Barry Kemp 1) Conservation appeal One of the successful results of the excavations at the South Tombs Cemetery at Amarna has been the recovery of substantial parts of three decorated coffins and fragments from a fourth. Their decoration...
- Workmen’s Huts In The Theban Mountains (whtm) Project
Finnish Egyptology Society Thanks to Jane Akshar for pointing to this link of of the Finnish project's excavations at the Workmen's huts in the Theban mountains, which are planned to continue until 2013. With two photo galleries (2009 and 2010)...
- What Happened To Pharaoh's Workers?
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil) We are gradually beginning to understand what happened to the elite body of artisans that worked on the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings after they ceased to be built, says Jill Kamil It appears that the workers, or...
- More Re Finnish Work In The Valley Of The Kings
Science Daily If you missed the University of Helsinki article at the end of January you will find it repeated at the above Science Daily page. The team is directed by Jaana Toivari-Viitala, Docent of Egyptology at the University of Helsinki. Her research...
- Bulldozers Have Moved In To Demolish Houses In Qurna
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6202342.stm"Bulldozers have moved in to demolish houses in the Egyptian village of Qurna which sits on top of dozens of pharaonic tombs in Luxor. The Egyptian government is determined to move the 3,200 families of...
Egypt
Finnish researchers dig through millennia in the Valley of the Kings
University of Helsinki
Docent Jaana Toivari-Viitala heads the first-ever research project managed by Finns in Egypt.
The first field season is now over at the hut village of the workmen who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. However, the archaeologists working on the excavation have found that they still have a great deal to do. The sun, the wind and tourists have left their mark on the village, originally discovered by Bernard Bruyère in 1935.
“From our modern perspective, it is upsetting to see how the village was first excavated and then left to be destroyed. Passers-by have used the huts as dumps and restrooms,” says Jaana Toivari-Viitala, Docent of Egyptology at the University of Helsinki. “Fortunately, while we still have some surface cleaning to do, documentation and conservation are off to a good start.”
The hut village offers rare insight into everyday life in ancient Egypt.
See the above page for the full story.
- Amarna News
Amarna news by Barry Kemp 1) Conservation appeal One of the successful results of the excavations at the South Tombs Cemetery at Amarna has been the recovery of substantial parts of three decorated coffins and fragments from a fourth. Their decoration...
- Workmen’s Huts In The Theban Mountains (whtm) Project
Finnish Egyptology Society Thanks to Jane Akshar for pointing to this link of of the Finnish project's excavations at the Workmen's huts in the Theban mountains, which are planned to continue until 2013. With two photo galleries (2009 and 2010)...
- What Happened To Pharaoh's Workers?
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil) We are gradually beginning to understand what happened to the elite body of artisans that worked on the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings after they ceased to be built, says Jill Kamil It appears that the workers, or...
- More Re Finnish Work In The Valley Of The Kings
Science Daily If you missed the University of Helsinki article at the end of January you will find it repeated at the above Science Daily page. The team is directed by Jaana Toivari-Viitala, Docent of Egyptology at the University of Helsinki. Her research...
- Bulldozers Have Moved In To Demolish Houses In Qurna
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6202342.stm"Bulldozers have moved in to demolish houses in the Egyptian village of Qurna which sits on top of dozens of pharaonic tombs in Luxor. The Egyptian government is determined to move the 3,200 families of...