Egypt
Tass (Geoffrey Tassie) posted this comment in reply to one of the recent posts re Abydos and I thought it well worth promoting to a post in its own right in case anyone had missed it:
- Protestors Block Tourist Access To Temple Of Abydos
Youm7 Tourism movement stopped in Abydos Temple in Sohag. Two tourist groups cancelled their visit to the temple due to insecure developments that may arise as a result of protests there. Resident of the village of Oraba Abydos organized a protest before...
- Mummification Museum Lecture - Khasekhemwy
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) Khasekhemwy Cultic enclosure at Abydos – Mathew Adams This was the last of a long series of similar structures. King Aha was discovered 2 years ago. They all rectangular, enclosing a ritual space, surrounded by sacrificial...
- Abydos 2009 Season Of Kelsey Museum
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Thanks to Kate Phizackerley for posting the above link to her News from the Valley of the Kings blog. Conservators and excavators on the Abydos Middle Cemetery Project will be working at Abydos in 2009. There is a space-holder...
- Before The Valley Of The Kings: Egypt's Last Royal Pyramids
Loyola University new Orleans Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Time: 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm Location: Miller Hall, Room 114 Before the Valley of the Kings: Egypt’s Last Royal Pyramids " by Dr. Stephen Harvey (Michel and Nelly Abemayor Lecture in Egyptian...
- Kings Tomb Found At Abydos
Archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania's mission to Abydos have found the tomb of an early 13th Dynasty King Sobekhotep. The tomb containing a massive quartzite sarcophagus as well as pieces of canopic jars and a stele. The tomb appears...
Egypt
More re recent discoveries at Abydos
Tass (Geoffrey Tassie) posted this comment in reply to one of the recent posts re Abydos and I thought it well worth promoting to a post in its own right in case anyone had missed it:
This seems to be another report on the work of two young Egyptian inspectors working at Abydos. They gave a lecture on their finds at Origins 3. There seems to be a group of probably Dynasty I tombs that are overlaen and cut into by later tombs, the exact date of these later tombs is not clear although Late Antique was mentioned. I talked to these guys and they are really nice, trained by the BMP. The large mud-brick lined chambered tombs of Dynasty I are not royal, and neither are the later ones. Neither can we assume that they belong to the people who built the tombs of the Early Dynastic kings buried at Abydos. However, more will come out about this find as it is a rescue excavation (like many in Egypt) as they are threatened by the nearby village spreading, in fact tombs are probably under the football pitch of the village, which is not quite Old Trafford or the San Siro and wouldn't really matter if it was moved elsewhere. I hope this helps as these news stories have been very confusing on this matter.
- Protestors Block Tourist Access To Temple Of Abydos
Youm7 Tourism movement stopped in Abydos Temple in Sohag. Two tourist groups cancelled their visit to the temple due to insecure developments that may arise as a result of protests there. Resident of the village of Oraba Abydos organized a protest before...
- Mummification Museum Lecture - Khasekhemwy
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) Khasekhemwy Cultic enclosure at Abydos – Mathew Adams This was the last of a long series of similar structures. King Aha was discovered 2 years ago. They all rectangular, enclosing a ritual space, surrounded by sacrificial...
- Abydos 2009 Season Of Kelsey Museum
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Thanks to Kate Phizackerley for posting the above link to her News from the Valley of the Kings blog. Conservators and excavators on the Abydos Middle Cemetery Project will be working at Abydos in 2009. There is a space-holder...
- Before The Valley Of The Kings: Egypt's Last Royal Pyramids
Loyola University new Orleans Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Time: 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm Location: Miller Hall, Room 114 Before the Valley of the Kings: Egypt’s Last Royal Pyramids " by Dr. Stephen Harvey (Michel and Nelly Abemayor Lecture in Egyptian...
- Kings Tomb Found At Abydos
Archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania's mission to Abydos have found the tomb of an early 13th Dynasty King Sobekhotep. The tomb containing a massive quartzite sarcophagus as well as pieces of canopic jars and a stele. The tomb appears...