Thursday, 27 August 2015

Professor George Kerferd

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Today a visitor came to the Egypt Centre asking about Professor George Kerford (January 15th 1915 to August 15th 1998). We unfortunately don...
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Thursday, 20 August 2015

A happy looking Bes

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Just been trying to find out more about this rather happy looking Bes. Bes was a good, protective daemon daemon (well usually). Associated...
Tuesday, 11 August 2015

Now here's another weird thing!

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What is he holding? This is a black granite or granodiorite sculpture of male holding two long objects. We do not know what the i...
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Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Early Dynastic Status Symbols- stone in funerary contexts

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W401b is a squat, breccia round-based bowl with lugs. It measures 18cm in height. The lugs have no holes through them, which may suggest ...
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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...