Egypt
Egyptian Monuments (Su Bayfield)
- Daily Photo - Wadi Hammamat Inscriptions
The Wadi Hammamat in Egypt's Eastern Desert leads from Qift in the west to Quseir in the east. It was a major thoroughfare to both stone quarries in the Wadi Hammamat area from the Predynastic period onwards, and for trading expeditions to the Red...
- Daily Photo: Koptos? El Qala?
This is a magical mystery Daily Photo. I took these photographs in 2002 at a temple somewhere near the entrance to the Wadi Hammamat, travelling from Luxor. I have looked on the Web and in various books, but I cannot find anything to confirm precisely...
- Daily Photo: Inscriptions From Wadi Hammamat
The Wadi Hammamat in the Eastern Desert is the main route leading from the Nile just north of Luxor to the Red Sea coast, and was used throughout the Pharaonic period. Both expeditions through the wadi and quarrying activities within the wadi area were...
- Daily Photo - Wadi Hammamat Watch-towers
I haven't got anything in my PC's folders which seem like a good match for today's news items, so here's a fairly random trio of photographs showing some of the many constructions along the Wadi Hammamat, which are thought to have been...
- Exhibition: Gold
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/gold/There's an exhibition at the moment at the American Museum of Natural History (New York) which looks at gold, including its geological context, how it is extracted and its use in different ancient socieities. Having...
Egypt
Photographs from Wadi Hammamat
Egyptian Monuments (Su Bayfield)Thanks very much to Su Bayfield for the link to her latest collection of photographs, this time of engravings from the Wadi Hammamat. The Wadi Hammamat, the road link between Qift and Quesir which bisects the Eastern Desert, is one of the most fascinating places to visit in Egypt. I have been there several times and it was lovely to see Su's excellent photographs and read the accompanying descriptions.
The Wadi Hammamat was visited from Predynastic times onwards and in the Pharaonic period was used for quarrying stone and as a route from the Nile to the Red Sea. It is still dotted with Roman watch posts which sit on the hill tops that border the wadi.
The Wadi Hammamat was visited from Predynastic times onwards and in the Pharaonic period was used for quarrying stone and as a route from the Nile to the Red Sea. It is still dotted with Roman watch posts which sit on the hill tops that border the wadi.
- Daily Photo - Wadi Hammamat Inscriptions
The Wadi Hammamat in Egypt's Eastern Desert leads from Qift in the west to Quseir in the east. It was a major thoroughfare to both stone quarries in the Wadi Hammamat area from the Predynastic period onwards, and for trading expeditions to the Red...
- Daily Photo: Koptos? El Qala?
This is a magical mystery Daily Photo. I took these photographs in 2002 at a temple somewhere near the entrance to the Wadi Hammamat, travelling from Luxor. I have looked on the Web and in various books, but I cannot find anything to confirm precisely...
- Daily Photo: Inscriptions From Wadi Hammamat
The Wadi Hammamat in the Eastern Desert is the main route leading from the Nile just north of Luxor to the Red Sea coast, and was used throughout the Pharaonic period. Both expeditions through the wadi and quarrying activities within the wadi area were...
- Daily Photo - Wadi Hammamat Watch-towers
I haven't got anything in my PC's folders which seem like a good match for today's news items, so here's a fairly random trio of photographs showing some of the many constructions along the Wadi Hammamat, which are thought to have been...
- Exhibition: Gold
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/gold/There's an exhibition at the moment at the American Museum of Natural History (New York) which looks at gold, including its geological context, how it is extracted and its use in different ancient socieities. Having...