Searching for a Needle in a Sand Dune RICHARD J. LONG, author of The Excavations at Mut al-Kharab II, has worked with the Dakhleh Oasis Project since 2004. In this blog, he takes us on[…]
Category: Egyptian Archaeology
Did The Exodus Really Happen?
In celebration of his new title, The Exodus, Peter Feinman discusses everything from his inspiration to the questions he seeks to answer about The Exodus, and the Bible, through this excellent new book. It’s all[…]
A Rare Ancient Egyptian Shroud in Norwich
Author FAYE KALLONIATIS delves into the story of one of the many fascinating objects from the Egyptian collection at Norwich Castle Museum – a crumpled textile shroud which turned out to have a captivating story[…]
Abolished, Annihilated, Vaporized: Is Destroying a Statue Destroying History?
After demonstrations in Virginia over the planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee left one dead and dozens injured, the question of whether such statues should be left in place or[…]
Exploring the Past Through Ancient Egyptian Furniture
We don’t often pay that much attention to the furniture that we use every day. But author and guest blogger GEOFFREY KILLEN, who studies the furniture of Ancient Egypt, has explored its relationship with ancient[…]
Houses of the Dead: 5 Unusual Tombs
On 16th February, 1923, Howard Carter unsealed one of the most famous tombs in history: the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Full of amazing treasures and containing the untouched mummy of the young Pharaoh, it was an extraordinary[…]
British Museum: Sunken Cities
This weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the British Museums Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds exhibition. Featuring the finds from two cities, Canopus and Thonis-Hercaleion, that long ago vanished beneath the waves of the Mediterranean,[…]