Egypt
Illahun, Kahun and Gurob
http://efts.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/eos/eos_title.pl?callnum=DT73.I3P5_cop2
This 1889-90 archaeological report by W. M. Flinders Petrie along with the 1890 report Kahun, Gurob and Hawara document a very important season in the life of a man considered the father of modern archaeology.
http://efts.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/eos/eos_title.pl?callnum=DT73.K3P5_cop1
When he displayed his finds in london in 1889 the mummies bearing greco roman portraits were said to have inspired Oscar Wild to write " A portrait of Dorian Grey".
Here we have the Petrie Museum
http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/
- Gurob Harem Palace Website
Gurob Harem Palace Project Thanks to the Friends of the Petrie newsletter I found that there's another excavation website that I hadn't know about before. The Gurob Harem Palace Project looking at both urban and funerary remains at Medinet el...
- Daily Photo - Mycenean Vase At Gurob
UC16631. Mycenean IIIB1 stirrup vase of pottery, cream with broad black and thin brown circular line decoration - piece of spout missing. Black patch from burning. Late Dynasty 18 (1295BCE-1550BCE). Found at Gurob. Height 8.6 cms max diameter 11.1 cms....
- Daily Photo - Basketry At The Petrie Museum
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, one of the most fascinating museums in London (and one which seems to be very little known even amongst real Egyptology enthusiasts) has an online database of its complete collection. Here are some examples of...
- Publication Appeal: Unseen Images
Friends of the Petrie Museum I am very attached to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (London, U.K.), so here's a ruthless appeal on the behalf of their forthcoming publication, which looks like an excellent enterprise. An appeal for the publication...
- Reading For A Rainy Day
Here I find myself on a rainy day with something interesting to re-read the 1890 classic of Egyptian archaeology by the legendary man himself Flinders Petrie, Kahun, Gurob and Hawara....
Egypt
Illahun, Kahun and Gurob
Illahun, Kahun and Gurob
http://efts.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/eos/eos_title.pl?callnum=DT73.I3P5_cop2
This 1889-90 archaeological report by W. M. Flinders Petrie along with the 1890 report Kahun, Gurob and Hawara document a very important season in the life of a man considered the father of modern archaeology.
http://efts.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/eos/eos_title.pl?callnum=DT73.K3P5_cop1
When he displayed his finds in london in 1889 the mummies bearing greco roman portraits were said to have inspired Oscar Wild to write " A portrait of Dorian Grey".
Here we have the Petrie Museum
http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/
- Gurob Harem Palace Website
Gurob Harem Palace Project Thanks to the Friends of the Petrie newsletter I found that there's another excavation website that I hadn't know about before. The Gurob Harem Palace Project looking at both urban and funerary remains at Medinet el...
- Daily Photo - Mycenean Vase At Gurob
UC16631. Mycenean IIIB1 stirrup vase of pottery, cream with broad black and thin brown circular line decoration - piece of spout missing. Black patch from burning. Late Dynasty 18 (1295BCE-1550BCE). Found at Gurob. Height 8.6 cms max diameter 11.1 cms....
- Daily Photo - Basketry At The Petrie Museum
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, one of the most fascinating museums in London (and one which seems to be very little known even amongst real Egyptology enthusiasts) has an online database of its complete collection. Here are some examples of...
- Publication Appeal: Unseen Images
Friends of the Petrie Museum I am very attached to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (London, U.K.), so here's a ruthless appeal on the behalf of their forthcoming publication, which looks like an excellent enterprise. An appeal for the publication...
- Reading For A Rainy Day
Here I find myself on a rainy day with something interesting to re-read the 1890 classic of Egyptian archaeology by the legendary man himself Flinders Petrie, Kahun, Gurob and Hawara....