Egypt
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar)
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Mummification Museum Lecture, Luxor
- Tt391 Karabasken Photos By Richard Sellicks
Luxor News Blog Thanks to Jane Akshar for posting more of Richard's photographs, this time of TT391, the tomb of Karbasken (Mayor of Thebes and Fourth Priest of Amun) who lived during the reign of Shabaka of the 25th Dynasty. The tomb was first discovered...
- More On Rediscovered 25th Dynasty Tomb Of Karakhamun
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) Pischikova said the tomb of priest Karakhamun was discovered in the 19th century in an unstable condition. It continued to deteriorate, and only parts of it were accessible to visitors in the early 1970s. Later it collapsed...
- 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...
- Lecture Notes: Tt184 Nefermenu
http://touregypt.net/teblog/luxornews/?p=491More of Jane's notes from the Mummification Museum in Luxor. This week's notes are from the lecture of Dr Zoltan Fabian from the Hungarian Mission on the subject of the tomb of Nefermenu (TT 184) and...
- Tomb Of Karakhamun
Archaeologists working on behalf of the South Asasif Conservation project have been excavating the Asasif cemetery near Thebes with full knowledge that the tomb of the twenty fifth dynasty official Karakhamun was in the area. The tomb had been documented...
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Lecture notes: South Assasif Project - Dr Elena Pischikova
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar)
Thanks Jane.
Mummification Museum Lecture, Luxor
South Assasif Project - Dr Elena Pischikova
Nespakashuty TT 312 late Twenty sixth Dynasty tomb
Back in 2005 when Dr Elena was coming to the end of her excavation of Nespakashuty TT 312 a late Twenty sixth Dynasty tomb at Deir el Bahri they decided to look for the tomb of his mother. Lepidus had recorded this tomb but when they went to look for it there was a village in the way. So they were surrounded by houses in 2006 when they started the project but by 2009 these had been removed. They are working in three tombs Karabasken TT391, Karakhamun TT223, Iritieru TT390. This is mainly a conservation project. Karakhamun was a Kushite and a plan of his tomb was made in 1974 but it did not record a court or vestibule and very little was actually seen and a lot guessed. They have found lots of new features not on the plan and the tomb is very large. There is a lot of soot damage
Back in 2006 the tomb was completely destroyed and nothing was visible and it was a big risk to excavate and feel the laughter of your colleagues asking why is she excavating a rubbish dump. This was exactly what it looked like then. Then finding your first fragment which although it had no name did at least confirm you were looking in the right place.
- Tt391 Karabasken Photos By Richard Sellicks
Luxor News Blog Thanks to Jane Akshar for posting more of Richard's photographs, this time of TT391, the tomb of Karbasken (Mayor of Thebes and Fourth Priest of Amun) who lived during the reign of Shabaka of the 25th Dynasty. The tomb was first discovered...
- More On Rediscovered 25th Dynasty Tomb Of Karakhamun
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) Pischikova said the tomb of priest Karakhamun was discovered in the 19th century in an unstable condition. It continued to deteriorate, and only parts of it were accessible to visitors in the early 1970s. Later it collapsed...
- 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...
- Lecture Notes: Tt184 Nefermenu
http://touregypt.net/teblog/luxornews/?p=491More of Jane's notes from the Mummification Museum in Luxor. This week's notes are from the lecture of Dr Zoltan Fabian from the Hungarian Mission on the subject of the tomb of Nefermenu (TT 184) and...
- Tomb Of Karakhamun
Archaeologists working on behalf of the South Asasif Conservation project have been excavating the Asasif cemetery near Thebes with full knowledge that the tomb of the twenty fifth dynasty official Karakhamun was in the area. The tomb had been documented...