Egypt
Luxor News (Jane Akshar and "Michael on the Roof" AKA Michael Campbell Smith)
See the above for the rest of Michael's lecture notes.
- Mummification Museum Lecture - Tt11 And Tt12 At Dra Abu El Naga
Luxor News blog (Jane Akshar) This was an excellent lecture but my notes were done under challenging conditions. They turned off ALL the lights so I was trying to right by the light of the slides. Dr Jose gave an excellent lecture and it was really interesting....
- Luxor After Pharaohs
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) Thanks to Jane Akshar for another set of lecture notes from the Mummification Museum's lecture series. This time she has reported on the lecture Luxor after the Pharaohs by Michael Jones and Luigi De Cescires: Luxor after...
- Luxor News - Jane Akshar
Luxor News by Jane Akshar Jane has been very busy with her blog recently and has posted some good newsworthy items as well as some lovely photographs. Amongst the highlights are: A visit to the Early Dynastic tombs at Umm el-Qaab (Abydos)Recent work at...
- The Religious Texts In Tt 353
Luxor News Blog Jane Akshar has published her notes from the most recent lecture at the Mummification Museum in Luxor on her blog at the above address. The lecture was by Dr Francisco J Martin Valentin, and was entitled The Religious Texts in TT353 –...
- Mummification Museum Lecture - Tt39 Puimra - Dr Gabirela Arrache
http://touregypt.net/teblog/luxornews/?p=509Thanks to Jane Akshar for adding some more notes from the lecture series held at Luxor's Mummification Museum. Her latest notes are from Dr Gabirela Arrache's lecture on TT39, the tomb of Puimra. "Dr...
Egypt
Lecture: Mummification Museum lecture. Funeary Cones
Luxor News (Jane Akshar and "Michael on the Roof" AKA Michael Campbell Smith)
It is lovely to have Jane back after her operation in Cairo which really sounded very painful. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Jane - and a HUGE hug. Thanks to Michael Campbell Smith for keeping the notes flowing in Jane's absence.
With photos.
With photos.
Well I wasn't there due to my surgery but Michael Campbell Smith of "Michael on the roof" fame was and took these notes, big thank you. He even took some photos seems like I am redundant.
Funerary Cones
The first of the SCA series of winter lectures was given by Dr Kento Zenihiro of Waseda University, Tokyo in the Mummification Museum Luxor on Saturday 5th December.
Funerary cones, baked clay tapered cones, bearing the titles of the owner of the tomb are found at many sites in Egypt, but the vast majority come from Thebes. The cones, taken from one mould, were inserted in the courtyard of the tomb, above the entrance door to the inner hall.
Cones can come in many shapes. 646 different types have been identified so far, with 21 discovered by Dr Zenihiro in recent years. Cones appear to have a white face for a male, and a red finish for a female. The taper can be long, or short. Different manufacturing methods were used. They appear to come mainly from the 17th and 18th Dynasties, with a revival in the practice under Seshonkh.
Many theories have been advanced for the purpose of these cones. To indicate the sealing of the tomb, as a passport, as an ornament, or perhaps symbolically as meat, bread, the position of roof beams, or as the sun. (Clearly, no-one has the first idea. ed.)
See the above for the rest of Michael's lecture notes.
- Mummification Museum Lecture - Tt11 And Tt12 At Dra Abu El Naga
Luxor News blog (Jane Akshar) This was an excellent lecture but my notes were done under challenging conditions. They turned off ALL the lights so I was trying to right by the light of the slides. Dr Jose gave an excellent lecture and it was really interesting....
- Luxor After Pharaohs
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) Thanks to Jane Akshar for another set of lecture notes from the Mummification Museum's lecture series. This time she has reported on the lecture Luxor after the Pharaohs by Michael Jones and Luigi De Cescires: Luxor after...
- Luxor News - Jane Akshar
Luxor News by Jane Akshar Jane has been very busy with her blog recently and has posted some good newsworthy items as well as some lovely photographs. Amongst the highlights are: A visit to the Early Dynastic tombs at Umm el-Qaab (Abydos)Recent work at...
- The Religious Texts In Tt 353
Luxor News Blog Jane Akshar has published her notes from the most recent lecture at the Mummification Museum in Luxor on her blog at the above address. The lecture was by Dr Francisco J Martin Valentin, and was entitled The Religious Texts in TT353 –...
- Mummification Museum Lecture - Tt39 Puimra - Dr Gabirela Arrache
http://touregypt.net/teblog/luxornews/?p=509Thanks to Jane Akshar for adding some more notes from the lecture series held at Luxor's Mummification Museum. Her latest notes are from Dr Gabirela Arrache's lecture on TT39, the tomb of Puimra. "Dr...