Egypt
Proyecto Djehuty
- Diario Djehuty
Diario Djehuty The Djehuty dig diary is in full swing for those of you speak Spanish, or are prepared to use a translation engine. Daily posts in January and February are accompanied by lovely photos. There's also a summary, in English, of the 2011...
- Djehuty Dig Diary 2011
Proyecto Djehuty The Proyecto Djehuty dig diary is back with several entries already for January. In Spanish, with photos.Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Dig Diaries
In all the fuss about Tutankhamun don't forget that work carries on as normal at the excavations in Egypt. In the north, the Leiden team at Saqqara have now posted seven weeks of their Mission Digging Diary. Even though the new tomb failed to produce...
- Dig Diary Updates
Brooklyn Museum There are some terrific photographs on the Brooklyn Museum website, dated yesterday, accompanied by explanatory text. Here's an extract, but you really do need to see the photographs, because they really bring the work to life: One...
- Tt11
A second burial chamber has been found in the tomb of Djehuty at Dra abu el Naga, the chamber is rare because it is painted and comes from the time of King Hatshepsut. http://drhawass.com/blog/press-release-new-discovery-tomb-djehuty-tt11-dra-abu-el-naga...
Egypt
Proyecto Djehuty closes for the season
Proyecto Djehuty
The 8th season of the Djehuty Project has now ended for the year. The site was closed up with locks on the iron gates, the seal of the SCA put in place. It was then walled up with stones and cement.
The preliminary report for the Supreme Council of Antiquities is being prepared, which details the work achieved this season. The work includes the restoration of the White Lady, the restoration of the coffin Iqer, the beginning of the restoration of the walls of the chapel of Djehuty, excavation of the tomb of the 11th Dynasty tomb in the courtyard of Djehuty, the excavation of the burial chamber, the excavation of a chamber of tomb 399 and the analysis of epigraphy, ceramics, bones, etc.
Excavations will continue in season 9.
The preliminary report for the Supreme Council of Antiquities is being prepared, which details the work achieved this season. The work includes the restoration of the White Lady, the restoration of the coffin Iqer, the beginning of the restoration of the walls of the chapel of Djehuty, excavation of the tomb of the 11th Dynasty tomb in the courtyard of Djehuty, the excavation of the burial chamber, the excavation of a chamber of tomb 399 and the analysis of epigraphy, ceramics, bones, etc.
Excavations will continue in season 9.
- Diario Djehuty
Diario Djehuty The Djehuty dig diary is in full swing for those of you speak Spanish, or are prepared to use a translation engine. Daily posts in January and February are accompanied by lovely photos. There's also a summary, in English, of the 2011...
- Djehuty Dig Diary 2011
Proyecto Djehuty The Proyecto Djehuty dig diary is back with several entries already for January. In Spanish, with photos.Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Dig Diaries
In all the fuss about Tutankhamun don't forget that work carries on as normal at the excavations in Egypt. In the north, the Leiden team at Saqqara have now posted seven weeks of their Mission Digging Diary. Even though the new tomb failed to produce...
- Dig Diary Updates
Brooklyn Museum There are some terrific photographs on the Brooklyn Museum website, dated yesterday, accompanied by explanatory text. Here's an extract, but you really do need to see the photographs, because they really bring the work to life: One...
- Tt11
A second burial chamber has been found in the tomb of Djehuty at Dra abu el Naga, the chamber is rare because it is painted and comes from the time of King Hatshepsut. http://drhawass.com/blog/press-release-new-discovery-tomb-djehuty-tt11-dra-abu-el-naga...