Friday, 31 July 2015

Lions and beds

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Big thank you to Alison and Phil John for restoring our lion bed to its former glory. Here are a few pics of its reinstatement: ...
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Thursday, 30 July 2015

Daemons 'playing drums', mummy bandages and sky journeys

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Very interested to read Rita Lucarelli's article yesterday. I'm certainly not an expert on the Book of the Dead , not indeed daemo...
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Thursday, 16 July 2015

Scantily clad dancers again - red in tooth and claw!

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Recently writing a review of Wofram Grajetzki's Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle Kingdom. The Archaeology of Female Burials . And ver...
Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Bits and bobs from Amarna - excavating in the stores

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Following from last Saturday's visit by Carl Graves from the Egypt Exploration Society (EES), I have been having a quick look at the mat...
Friday, 12 June 2015

Faience fish dishes: Cosmetic palettes, tableware, or something else?

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Preparing for the joint Amarna handling session with the Egypt Exploration Society which takes place tomorrow. I thought we could have...
Thursday, 30 April 2015

Weird things used in the Opening of the Mouth ritual

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The Opening of the Mouth ritual was used to bring the mummified dead and also statues 'back to life', or rather to imbue them with s...
Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Why the green face Ptah?

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Ptah, the god of craftsmen has a green face. You can see him second from the right on this tomb fragment (more about that through clickin...