Egypt
Ceske Noviny
Thanks EEF for the above link. I've put it through Google Translate with mixed results, but the gist of it seems to be as follows:
- New Book: Tomb Of Hetepi, Abusir
Czech Institute of Egyptology Miroslav Bárta, Filip Coppens, Hana Vymazalová et al. Tomb of Hetepi (AS 20), Tombs AS 33-35 and AS 50-53 Charles University in Prague, Prague 2010 The tombs published in this volume of the Abusir series have been excavated...
- A Search For Pictures From The Times When The Sahara Was Full Of Lakes
praha.eu The archaeologist, Martin Tomášek, describes an almost twenty-two day exploration by the Czech expedition into rarely seen stretches of the Egyptian Sahara. Thanks to him we bring unique pictures from the places where package tours rarely ever...
- Profile Of Miroslav Barta
The Prague Post (Beth Potter) A profile of Czech archaeologist Miroslav Barta. Where Bárta once studied history books on his favorite monuments, he now writes the books and articles that propose new theories about things like the tools used by people...
- Old Kingdom Official Found
A skeleton of an official from the Vth Dynasty court of King Nefereer-Ka-Re has been located within his limestone sarcophagus at Abusir. The official named Nefer was discovered inside his roughly carved burial chamber by the Czek archaeological mission...
- Old Kingdom Physicians Tomb Found
At Abusir a team of archaeologists has discovered the tomb of a 5th Dynasty Physician Shepseskaf-Ankh and his family. A large false door gives the names and titles of Shepseskaf including Priest of the God Khnum and priest of the sun temples which kings...
Egypt
Interview with Miroslav Barta about the state of Abusir
Ceske Noviny
Thanks EEF for the above link. I've put it through Google Translate with mixed results, but the gist of it seems to be as follows:
The Czech archaeologists working at the Abusir pyramids have found that the site has been badly damaged by lotters. It was broken into by thieves during the recent political unrest. Objects scattered on the ground were trampled upon. Worse, Miroslav Barta who is the director of the work at Abusir says that years of work to extract valuable scientific information has been undermined, following an assessment of the extent of the damage last week. He says that thieves have excavated in various places in tombs and burial pits and they accessed the stores. Some records have disappeared and thieves threw objects and samples on the floor, mixing up and stepping on anhropological, organic and ceramic materials together with decorated blocks.
According to Barta the culprits are mainly people from surrounding villages, where tens of thousands of people live. Bara says that they are poorly educated and that they were looking for objects made of precious metals. were after the smaller items of precious metals which, even had they been excavated, would not have been stored at the site but sent to the Egyptian Museum. Barta believes that the situation may be repeated at any time and that there is a real need to improve communication with local people to expand their awareness. They are considering starting an educational program for teaching children in schools. He says that it is very unlikely that the stolen items will be sold because they have no market value; instead they have probably been discarded or buried.
According to Barta the culprits are mainly people from surrounding villages, where tens of thousands of people live. Bara says that they are poorly educated and that they were looking for objects made of precious metals. were after the smaller items of precious metals which, even had they been excavated, would not have been stored at the site but sent to the Egyptian Museum. Barta believes that the situation may be repeated at any time and that there is a real need to improve communication with local people to expand their awareness. They are considering starting an educational program for teaching children in schools. He says that it is very unlikely that the stolen items will be sold because they have no market value; instead they have probably been discarded or buried.
- New Book: Tomb Of Hetepi, Abusir
Czech Institute of Egyptology Miroslav Bárta, Filip Coppens, Hana Vymazalová et al. Tomb of Hetepi (AS 20), Tombs AS 33-35 and AS 50-53 Charles University in Prague, Prague 2010 The tombs published in this volume of the Abusir series have been excavated...
- A Search For Pictures From The Times When The Sahara Was Full Of Lakes
praha.eu The archaeologist, Martin Tomášek, describes an almost twenty-two day exploration by the Czech expedition into rarely seen stretches of the Egyptian Sahara. Thanks to him we bring unique pictures from the places where package tours rarely ever...
- Profile Of Miroslav Barta
The Prague Post (Beth Potter) A profile of Czech archaeologist Miroslav Barta. Where Bárta once studied history books on his favorite monuments, he now writes the books and articles that propose new theories about things like the tools used by people...
- Old Kingdom Official Found
A skeleton of an official from the Vth Dynasty court of King Nefereer-Ka-Re has been located within his limestone sarcophagus at Abusir. The official named Nefer was discovered inside his roughly carved burial chamber by the Czek archaeological mission...
- Old Kingdom Physicians Tomb Found
At Abusir a team of archaeologists has discovered the tomb of a 5th Dynasty Physician Shepseskaf-Ankh and his family. A large false door gives the names and titles of Shepseskaf including Priest of the God Khnum and priest of the sun temples which kings...