Egypt
Flickr (Su Bayfield)
- Photos: Western Desert In Black And White
pixinalasidra flickr site I've never thought of the the Western Desert, the oases and Gilf Kebir as anything other than a festival of shape, light and colour but this flickr site, which was thrown at me by Google Alerts, shows it in monochrome. The...
- 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...
- Studies Of Rock Art In Dakhleh Oasis
Nauka w Polsce "The creators of rock drawings in Dakhla were shepherds. They lived about 8 – 5,000 years ago” – said Prof. Michał Kobusiewicz from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology at the Polish Academy of Sciences, who is studying the...
- 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...
- 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
Photos of Wadi Hammamat
Flickr (Su Bayfield)
Thanks very much to Vincent Brown for pointing out a set of photos on Flickr of the Wadi Hammamat engravings, taken by Su Bayfield. The Wadi Hammamat is one of the most undersung pieces of archaeology in Upper Egypt, and is a relatively short drive from Luxor (when the Egyptian government have the route open for tourists). Su has captured both rock engravings and the abandoned sarcophagus. Note the difference between the golden Western Desert and the dark Eastern Desert - they couldn't be more contrasting!
- Photos: Western Desert In Black And White
pixinalasidra flickr site I've never thought of the the Western Desert, the oases and Gilf Kebir as anything other than a festival of shape, light and colour but this flickr site, which was thrown at me by Google Alerts, shows it in monochrome. The...
- 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...
- Studies Of Rock Art In Dakhleh Oasis
Nauka w Polsce "The creators of rock drawings in Dakhla were shepherds. They lived about 8 – 5,000 years ago” – said Prof. Michał Kobusiewicz from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology at the Polish Academy of Sciences, who is studying the...
- 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...
- 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...