Egypt
Live Science (Rob Goodier)
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- A Condensed History Of The Dakhleh Oasis – Part 1
Mummy's Wrap Often overlooked by the mainstream, the oases in the Western Desert of Egypt offer a unique view to the history of ancient Egypt. The history of the oases parallels the history of the Nile Valley, but there is a more rustic view. Of...
- 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,...
- Nyu Hires Renowned Classicist
http://tinyurl.com/2naj5p (chronicle.com)"New York University has taken a page from the empires of antiquity by carrying off a prize from a rival kingdom. The prize is a renowned professor at Columbia University who, in an announcement expected today,...
- Minerva Magazine November/decemer 2006
http://minervamagazine.com/issue1706/index.html Minerva Magazine's latest edition features an article called Roman Amheida: Excavating A Town in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis by Roger S. Bagnall, Paola Davoli, Olaf E. Kaper & Helen Whitehouse. For the...
Egypt
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 western desert.
The latest in a chain of archaeological discoveries in a site that dates back at least 5,000 years, the covered streets are a glimpse into rural life under the Egyptian sun.
At Amheida, archaeologists led by Roger Bagnall at New York University have sifted through the remains of a settlement far removed from the thoroughfares of the Nile Valley. The site is in the Dakhleh Oasis, 500 miles (800 kilometers) from Cairo and 185 miles (300 kilometers) from Luxor, a religious and political hub of ancient Egypt.
The archaeological work has yielded a treasure trove of art and writing. Through this rural lens, archaeologists are shifting their notions of education in ancient Egypt during the Greek and Roman empires. And they have noticed deep connections between powerful central governments and the outposts in the oases.
Bagnall described the latest discoveries at a conference in Manhattan last month.
See the above page for the full story.
- A Condensed History Of The Dakhleh Oasis – Part 1
Mummy's Wrap Often overlooked by the mainstream, the oases in the Western Desert of Egypt offer a unique view to the history of ancient Egypt. The history of the oases parallels the history of the Nile Valley, but there is a more rustic view. Of...
- 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,...
- Nyu Hires Renowned Classicist
http://tinyurl.com/2naj5p (chronicle.com)"New York University has taken a page from the empires of antiquity by carrying off a prize from a rival kingdom. The prize is a renowned professor at Columbia University who, in an announcement expected today,...
- Minerva Magazine November/decemer 2006
http://minervamagazine.com/issue1706/index.html Minerva Magazine's latest edition features an article called Roman Amheida: Excavating A Town in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis by Roger S. Bagnall, Paola Davoli, Olaf E. Kaper & Helen Whitehouse. For the...