Egypt
Photo for Today - Temple of Amada
Graffiti, Temple of Amada
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Ancient Coptic Graffiti Adorns Walls Of 3,200 Year-old Egyptian Temple
Unreported Heritage News (Owen Jarus) A new research project led by Professor Jennifer Westerfeld, of the University of Louisville, is taking a look at a unique set of graffiti scribbled onto the walls of a 3,200 year old Egyptian temple. The temple was...
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Photo For Today - Temple Of Amada
Built by Thutmosis III in the Eighteenth Dynasty, the Temple of Amada is the oldest of the Nubian temples. As with most of the sites around Lake Nasser this was rescued prior to the flooding of the desert to create Lake Nasser. It was dedicated to...
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New Booklet : Travellers Graffiti
Thanks to Roger De Keersmaecker for the following information: Travellers' Graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan-Volume VI: Thebes The Mortuary Temple of Sethos I (Qurna) The Temple of Hathor (Deir el-Medina) As far as possible, biographical and bibliographical...
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Recent Publication: Hibis Temple Project, Volume Iii
Thanks very much to Eugene Cruz-Uribe for letting me know of his recent publication Hibis Temple Project Vol III, The Graffiti from the Temple Precinct (San Antonio: Van Sicklen, 2008), which deals with the various pictoral and figurative graffiti found...
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Travel: A Cruise On Lake Nasser
The Observer (Daniel Hartmann) Having been put off the idea of a Nile cruise by traffic jams of cruise ships and crowded tourist sites, the writer opted for a cruise to see the monuments salvaged from the rising waters of Lake Nasser during the rescue...
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