Egypt
Luxor News Blog
Jane Akshar has been out and about, and as usual has shared her experiences on her blog:
- Photos From The Temple Of Tod
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) I was at Tod myself in Christmas 2010, and it was just as quiet then as it is in the photos on the above page. I had guest going to Tod Temple today and she could not believe how deserted it was and just a short distance...
- New Tomb Opens At Deir El Medina
Luxor News (Jane Akshar) Jane reports that TT290, the tomb of Irynefer ("Servant in the Place of Truth on the West"), has now opened for tourists. At the same time the tomb of Sennedjem has closed. Jane has provided a good description of the tomb, so...
- Luxor After Pharaohs
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) Thanks to Jane Akshar for another set of lecture notes from the Mummification Museum's lecture series. This time she has reported on the lecture Luxor after the Pharaohs by Michael Jones and Luigi De Cescires: Luxor after...
- Luxor News Blog - Jane Is Back!
Luxor News by Jane Akshar Brilliant News! Jane Akshar is back, alive and kicking, and delivering great news items about life and archaeology in Luxor. Actually, she never went away. She moved blog addresses and I didn't realize. So she is up and running...
- Luxor Update
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/779/eg9.htm A very short bulletin on the Al Ahram website about developments at Luxor: "The SCA and the Luxor Supreme Council agreed to enlarge the road around the two famous Memnon statues on Luxor's West Bank; they...
Egypt
Temple of Tod
Luxor News Blog
Jane Akshar has been out and about, and as usual has shared her experiences on her blog:
Yesterday I went to the temple of Tod, a first for me. It doesn’t matter how long you have been coming to Luxor in my case since 1979 or living here since 2003 there is something new to be discovered. In this case I was invited by some regular visitors who had been there 10 years ago. They found out the tickets were available at Luxor Temple ticket office and checked with both that office and the tourist police that no escort was required. Their regular taxi driver had never been there either but found the way easily.
See the above page for the full account of the multi period temple, which lies some 20km south of Luxor. Jane has published a really good set of photographs which capture the temple beautifully. It looks like the most fascinating place.
There's a summary of the site by Mark Andrews on the Tour Egypt website, and a set of three reconstructed plans of the temple from different pharaohs in the Middle Kingdom phase at the site, for comparison, on the Digital Petrie website. More pictures can be found on Alain Guilleux's website (Kat, there is a lovely lioness image on this site).
There's a summary of the site by Mark Andrews on the Tour Egypt website, and a set of three reconstructed plans of the temple from different pharaohs in the Middle Kingdom phase at the site, for comparison, on the Digital Petrie website. More pictures can be found on Alain Guilleux's website (Kat, there is a lovely lioness image on this site).
- Photos From The Temple Of Tod
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) I was at Tod myself in Christmas 2010, and it was just as quiet then as it is in the photos on the above page. I had guest going to Tod Temple today and she could not believe how deserted it was and just a short distance...
- New Tomb Opens At Deir El Medina
Luxor News (Jane Akshar) Jane reports that TT290, the tomb of Irynefer ("Servant in the Place of Truth on the West"), has now opened for tourists. At the same time the tomb of Sennedjem has closed. Jane has provided a good description of the tomb, so...
- Luxor After Pharaohs
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) Thanks to Jane Akshar for another set of lecture notes from the Mummification Museum's lecture series. This time she has reported on the lecture Luxor after the Pharaohs by Michael Jones and Luigi De Cescires: Luxor after...
- Luxor News Blog - Jane Is Back!
Luxor News by Jane Akshar Brilliant News! Jane Akshar is back, alive and kicking, and delivering great news items about life and archaeology in Luxor. Actually, she never went away. She moved blog addresses and I didn't realize. So she is up and running...
- Luxor Update
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/779/eg9.htm A very short bulletin on the Al Ahram website about developments at Luxor: "The SCA and the Luxor Supreme Council agreed to enlarge the road around the two famous Memnon statues on Luxor's West Bank; they...