Egypt
- Amarna Fund Raising - The Big Give Christmas Challenge
Thanks to your support, the JustGiving appeal to raise money for the next stage of the conservation of the Amarna Period coffins from the recent excavations has reached its target. The conservators will resume their work at Amarna in the latter part of...
- Amarna Field School And News
www.amarnatrust.com and www.amarnaproject.com Update by Barry Kemp, 4 March 2012: FIELD SCHOOL As a follow-on from last year's Amarna field school, we are holding another this year, between October 14th and November 22nd (five weeks). Again it will...
- Amarna Project Latest Newsletter Available
Amarna Project, Horizon Newsletter Winter 2010 Horizon issue 8, Winter 2010, is now available on the Amarna Project website above (PDF). Earlier newsletters can be found on the Amarna news page. With photos, diagrams and maps. Five seasons of work at...
- Help With The Care Of Amarna’s Ancient Buildings
Amarna Project Donation Site Thanks to Dr Anna Stevens for letting me know about the new Amarna Project donation page on the Just Giving website. An excellent idea, it has been set up to allow people to help out with the completion of repairs to the...
- In The Field: Interview With Barry Kemp Re Amarna
Heritage Key (Malcolm Jack) “There is no other site like it,” states the introductory paragraph on the website of the Amarna Project – the body which, since 2005, has been responsible for excavations and research at Tell el-Amarna, the short-lived...
Egypt
Work to resume at Amarna
Barry Kemp has sent out the following email update regarding work at Amarna. The marvellous Amarna Project website can be found at:
http://www.amarnaproject.com/The rapid easing of the tension that developed in Egypt as the demonstrations began on January 25th has removed the obstacles to the resumption of work at most archaeological sites in Egypt.I am delighted to report that I will travel to Amarna on Monday (February 28th) to re-open the expedition house. The archaeological team will begin to arrive shortly afterwards, with a view to commencing the excavations at the South Tombs Cemetery. We will be a week later in starting than we planned, but that still gives us seven weeks of excavation.
Later in the season, we will also return to the repairs at the North Palace. Last year we set up an appeal to raise an additional sum of £2825 pounds sterling. The site is:
www.justgiving.com/amarna-project
Many people have responded, to give us a total so far of £1430.
Can you help us to reach the target by making a donation?
The site is open until the end of March.
We have all lived through a remarkable moment in history. The attached picture, taken near Tahrir Square, captures the spirit of optimism and friendliness to the outside world that many Egyptians feel.
Barry Kemp, 26th February 2011
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Support the work of the Amarna Project at:
http://www.justgiving.com/Amarna-Project
- Amarna Fund Raising - The Big Give Christmas Challenge
Thanks to your support, the JustGiving appeal to raise money for the next stage of the conservation of the Amarna Period coffins from the recent excavations has reached its target. The conservators will resume their work at Amarna in the latter part of...
- Amarna Field School And News
www.amarnatrust.com and www.amarnaproject.com Update by Barry Kemp, 4 March 2012: FIELD SCHOOL As a follow-on from last year's Amarna field school, we are holding another this year, between October 14th and November 22nd (five weeks). Again it will...
- Amarna Project Latest Newsletter Available
Amarna Project, Horizon Newsletter Winter 2010 Horizon issue 8, Winter 2010, is now available on the Amarna Project website above (PDF). Earlier newsletters can be found on the Amarna news page. With photos, diagrams and maps. Five seasons of work at...
- Help With The Care Of Amarna’s Ancient Buildings
Amarna Project Donation Site Thanks to Dr Anna Stevens for letting me know about the new Amarna Project donation page on the Just Giving website. An excellent idea, it has been set up to allow people to help out with the completion of repairs to the...
- In The Field: Interview With Barry Kemp Re Amarna
Heritage Key (Malcolm Jack) “There is no other site like it,” states the introductory paragraph on the website of the Amarna Project – the body which, since 2005, has been responsible for excavations and research at Tell el-Amarna, the short-lived...