Egypt
15th January 2010 (Mary McKercher)
22nd January 2010 (Richard Fazzini)
With some great photos
- Huge Canaanite Jewelry Hoard Unearthed In Megiddo
The MidEast News Source (Arieh O’Sullivan) With photo. Archaeologists digging at Tel Megiddo in northern Israel have unearthed what turns out to be one of the largest troves of Canaanite treasures ever found, buried in rubble from destruction 3,100...
- Brooklyn's Last Full Week At The Temple Of Mut, Luxor
Brooklyn Museum (11th Feb, Mary McKercher) Brooklyn Museum (14th Feb, Richard Fanzzini) With details of the final week of excavation at the site, accompanied as usual by some great photos. This is the posting intended for January 28 but not sent because...
- Temple Of Mut (karnak) Reports And Dig Diary
Brooklyn Museum (Richard Fazzini) With photo. The formal report on the 2010 season of work at the Mut Precinct, in English and Arabic, is now available online in the Mut feature on our website. As those of you who followed the 2010 dig diary will remember,...
- Photo For Today - More From The Walters Art Museum
WM-EG013 Funerary Stele of Tembu Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks Date (Period): ca. 1500-1470 BC (New Kingdom) Medium: limestone with polychrome paint Measurements: 26 3/4 x 17 11/16 x 4 3/4 in. (68 x 45 x 12 cm) Item Description: This round...
- More On The Lintel From The Temple Of Mut, Karnak
http://www.nysun.com/article/48246"The museum's ongoing expedition to the Temple Precinct of the Goddess Mut at South Karnak discovered a painted and gilded lintel that had originally topped the doorway of a religious structure. 'Some of the significance...
Egypt
In the field: Brooklyn Museum at the Temple of Mut, Karnak
15th January 2010 (Mary McKercher)
22nd January 2010 (Richard Fazzini)
With some great photos
On Sunday, Abdel Aziz began looking for more of the mud brick found last week. He had no luck, as the northern part had been completely destroyed by the Roman pit and extensive animal burrow we found in 2008. In the pit, however, Abdel Aziz did turn up a large piece of what would once have been a very nice diorite statue; he was quite proud of his find.
Here it is a few days later, somewhat cleaned up. When complete, it depicted a kneeling man holding an offering bowl bigger than he was. The text around the bowl would have named him and included an offering formula to a god (or goddess). Unfortunately all we have left is the tail end of the inscription. Even though his face is gone, the high quality of the carving of the wig, kilt and hieroglyphs is evident.
The right side of the “bowl man”; on the right a cowrie shell (about 2 cm long) whose back has been carefully sawn off to make it lie flat. It immediately put me in mind of the symbolism in Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party. According to our inspector, Hassan, cowrie shells are still used by fortune-tellers who throw shells on the ground and read the future in the patterns they form.
- Huge Canaanite Jewelry Hoard Unearthed In Megiddo
The MidEast News Source (Arieh O’Sullivan) With photo. Archaeologists digging at Tel Megiddo in northern Israel have unearthed what turns out to be one of the largest troves of Canaanite treasures ever found, buried in rubble from destruction 3,100...
- Brooklyn's Last Full Week At The Temple Of Mut, Luxor
Brooklyn Museum (11th Feb, Mary McKercher) Brooklyn Museum (14th Feb, Richard Fanzzini) With details of the final week of excavation at the site, accompanied as usual by some great photos. This is the posting intended for January 28 but not sent because...
- Temple Of Mut (karnak) Reports And Dig Diary
Brooklyn Museum (Richard Fazzini) With photo. The formal report on the 2010 season of work at the Mut Precinct, in English and Arabic, is now available online in the Mut feature on our website. As those of you who followed the 2010 dig diary will remember,...
- Photo For Today - More From The Walters Art Museum
WM-EG013 Funerary Stele of Tembu Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks Date (Period): ca. 1500-1470 BC (New Kingdom) Medium: limestone with polychrome paint Measurements: 26 3/4 x 17 11/16 x 4 3/4 in. (68 x 45 x 12 cm) Item Description: This round...
- More On The Lintel From The Temple Of Mut, Karnak
http://www.nysun.com/article/48246"The museum's ongoing expedition to the Temple Precinct of the Goddess Mut at South Karnak discovered a painted and gilded lintel that had originally topped the doorway of a religious structure. 'Some of the significance...