Egypt
Brooklyn Museum (Mary McKercher)
With lots of great photos.
- Discovery Of Mud Brick Wall From Reign Of King Thuthmose Iv At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) An Egyptian archaeological mission directed by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), has discovered a large mud brick wall dating to the reign of King Thuthmose IV (1400-1390 BCE). The...
- More Discoveries At Amara West
British Museum (Charly Valance) Exerpt: With some great photos, as usual. Lovely to see things coming along nicely at Amara West, whilst everything goes on hold in Egypt. In my second season at Amara West – I spend the rest of the year as a field archaeologist...
- More Re The Mudbrick Wall At The Site Of The Sphinx
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Egyptian archaeologists from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) working in front of the valley temple of King Khafre on the Giza plateau are currently occupied brushing the sand off a newly-discovered mudbrick wall...
- New Discovery At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Press Release, with photographs. An Egyptian archaeological mission directed by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), has discovered a large mud brick wall dating to the reign of King...
- 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...
Egypt
Work underway by the Brooklyn Museum at the Precinct of Mut
Brooklyn Museum (Mary McKercher)
With lots of great photos.
At the end of 2010 we thought that we might have found the point at which the mud brick running north-south along the full length of the west side of the excavation area made a corner with the east-wall at the south end of the excavation. As is evident in this photo taken then, the brick was very friable, its excavation requiring more time than we had left. Clearing up this question is one of this season’s goals.
We extended the excavation further to the south and by mid-morning on Thursday (our 2nd actual day of digging) knew that last year’s theory was wrong: not only does the long wall keep on going, but it gets wider. The meter stick is on the newly-found brick of the long wall, and the north arrow sits on another wall that meets the long wall’s west face. We do have a corner, but it is an inner corner where the east face of the long wall meets the south face of the large east-west wall mentioned above.
- Discovery Of Mud Brick Wall From Reign Of King Thuthmose Iv At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) An Egyptian archaeological mission directed by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), has discovered a large mud brick wall dating to the reign of King Thuthmose IV (1400-1390 BCE). The...
- More Discoveries At Amara West
British Museum (Charly Valance) Exerpt: With some great photos, as usual. Lovely to see things coming along nicely at Amara West, whilst everything goes on hold in Egypt. In my second season at Amara West – I spend the rest of the year as a field archaeologist...
- More Re The Mudbrick Wall At The Site Of The Sphinx
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Egyptian archaeologists from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) working in front of the valley temple of King Khafre on the Giza plateau are currently occupied brushing the sand off a newly-discovered mudbrick wall...
- New Discovery At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Press Release, with photographs. An Egyptian archaeological mission directed by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), has discovered a large mud brick wall dating to the reign of King...
- 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...