Egypt
- Update On Current State Of Antiquities
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Yesterday Hawass issued another update re the current state of antiquities in Egypt. Exerpt: Dr. Hawass said it seems the looters dropped objects as they fled, and every inch of the museum must be searched before the Registration,...
- In The Field: The Latest Dig Diary Updates
Saqqara Digging Diary Week 4 The beginning of this week brought clouded weather and even a little rain, but then the weather improved and we had a number of days with glorious sunshine and high temperatures. All this helped to make great progress with...
- In The Field: Saqqara Dig Diary
Saqqara.nl With photos. Week 1 (3-8 January) In order to make this season a little longer, we begin a bit earlier than usual. It will be quite a bit different season not only in length but also in logistics and operations, as you will see in forthcoming...
- Saqqara Dig Diary
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/saqqara/Excavation/Digging%20Diaries/2007.htmThe Dig Diary for the University of Leiden's mission in Saqqara has been updated with news about the 2007 season. Updates from the 2nd, 9th and 16th February are already online,...
- Objects Stolen From Qantara Storage
The final report is out on the objects stolen from the Qantara magazine after the 29th of January and before the contents of the magazine were taken to the Cairo museum. The report states that some 800 objects are missing from many historical periods...
Egypt
Saqqara 2012 season closes, with update on looted items
Saqqara 2012 Dig Diary (Maarten Raven)
The week started with final retouches being done to the chapel of Khay, found in 1985 and now in need of some restoration because the gypsum layer covering large areas of the inferior limestone reliefs is coming loose. Our able restorer Mohammed did a good job and the wall decoration has been preserved.
Christian and Maarten spent two days checking the records in the central magazine of the SCA and repacking all the finds from our expedition kept there (a task started last week and brought to completion on Sunday).
We now have lists which enable us to know the whereabouts of every find of the years 1999-2010 in a matter of seconds. This means that finally we are also able to specify which objects were stolen during the looting of our site in January 2011 (the early days of the Egyptian revolution). Altogether, our losses amount to 84 shabtis and shabti fragments, 18 textiles, and a number of wooden objects, inscribed potsherds, amulets, and items of jewellery.
- Update On Current State Of Antiquities
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Yesterday Hawass issued another update re the current state of antiquities in Egypt. Exerpt: Dr. Hawass said it seems the looters dropped objects as they fled, and every inch of the museum must be searched before the Registration,...
- In The Field: The Latest Dig Diary Updates
Saqqara Digging Diary Week 4 The beginning of this week brought clouded weather and even a little rain, but then the weather improved and we had a number of days with glorious sunshine and high temperatures. All this helped to make great progress with...
- In The Field: Saqqara Dig Diary
Saqqara.nl With photos. Week 1 (3-8 January) In order to make this season a little longer, we begin a bit earlier than usual. It will be quite a bit different season not only in length but also in logistics and operations, as you will see in forthcoming...
- Saqqara Dig Diary
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/saqqara/Excavation/Digging%20Diaries/2007.htmThe Dig Diary for the University of Leiden's mission in Saqqara has been updated with news about the 2007 season. Updates from the 2nd, 9th and 16th February are already online,...
- Objects Stolen From Qantara Storage
The final report is out on the objects stolen from the Qantara magazine after the 29th of January and before the contents of the magazine were taken to the Cairo museum. The report states that some 800 objects are missing from many historical periods...