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Mummification Museum Lecture - Amarna Kom el-Nana

Luxur News Blog (Jane Akshar)

Jane has kindly put more of her notes from the Mummification Museum Lecture online at the above address. Here's an extract:

The decoration and identification of the site of Kom el-Nana at Akhetaten – Jacquelyn Williamson

These websites associated with the project
http://www.amarnatrust.com/
and http://www.amarnaproject.com/

This site is in the southern suburb of Akhetaten, down from the main city and southern tombs. In 1980-90’s it was excavated by the EES and she was using a general plan produced by Barry Kemp.

It consists of an enclosure wall with four entrance pylons, two in the west, side by side, one in the east and one in the south. It is divided in half, west to east, by a central wall. In the s/e houses have been found, the south shrine is the most important. There are thousands of stone fragments, mainly limestone but some sandstone. These were left by the destroyers of the city, probably in situ. The site is not full excavated because of the difficulties of the site such as encroaching cultivation. The north enclosure is less understood as a consequence. In the north there is a large bakery and brewery working area with a large number of bread moulds. The north shrine aligns with the pylon in the west wall as does the southern shrine align with the other west pylon. They also found garden plots.

There were 4000 fragments found in situ from the shrines, she has looked at the contents of 3 excavation squares with 153 sandstone and 800 limestone fragments in 10 sq m.

See the above page for the rest of Jane's notes

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