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A long and interesting article in Nature weekly international journal of science titled: Archaeology meets politics: Spring comes to ancient Egypt
As the country struggles to refashion its...
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Zahi Zinfandel ... great name for a Californian wine. And maybe a more widely known Egyptian word than Obelisk!
The owner of this site is a friend of a friend of mine and came to stay with me with his wife whilst researching the Abydos dig-houses a couple of years ago. He usually comes to Egypt 2 or 3 times a...
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I have been in email contact with Marcel over the last month or so and we are arranging for him to give a lecture on the dig houses when he next visits in March or early April next year.
I will give...
This is a blog about all things ancient Egypt. It is in Spanish but Google translate does readable translation into English, some nice photos of sites etc.
There is a new on-line archaeology magazine available as a PDF file. This issue is free to download, not sure about future issues. Some of the articles are in different languages, which I found a bit...
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Thanks Kevin, finally downloaded it after 3 attempts! Looks interesting but think Google translate will be busy :oops:
An interesting article in the NG. Very reminicient of Shunet el Zabib (enclosure of Kha'sekhemwy II of the 2nd dynasty) here in Abydos.
Here is the link:
Does it mention any-where the location when Seth murdered Osiris ?
Personally I cannot find it mentioned any ideas....?.......'cheers as I'm just pondering something.......... 8)
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Just noticed I typed 'flour' instead of floor in my last post, apologies!
By 'real' are you suggesting that the other two are imaginary Horus' or not quite as real as Horus, son of Isis and Osiris?...
Here is an interesting but odd piece from Latvia. Google translate does an okay job with the body of the text. I say it is odd because of the stated date for the mummy. The coffin is most definitely...
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Now it makes a bit more sense, so it is a recycled coffin but the mummy wrappings still look wrong for a Roman burial. (I wasn't too far off with the dynasty then!! :oops: ) There is no interwoven...
Here is an interesting blog you may want to follow. It is about the excavations at Edfu. the opening Quote says:
The site of Tell Edfu is located roughly halfway between Luxor and Aswan, Egypt. As...
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Sorry - my message was complete when I hit the submit button!
I got it from a Google ALert, and was going to say that the excavations aren't in the temple but in the Tell around it. They've even...
Here is another online dig blog, this time Tell Basta in the Delta region. I had the good fortune to visit this site a couple of years ago with the EES and it is a fascinating site.
Here is the blog...
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