Nile Delta archaeology
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One of the main foci of comparative studies on ancient societies deals with urban dynamics and, in particular, with initial urbanization processes and their concomitance with the transformations that lead to the emergence of state... more
Article extrait du Bulletin de la Société Française des Fouilles de Tanis n° 12.
Philippe Brissaud, Photographie aérienne et prise de vue par cerf-volant à Tanis.
Philippe Brissaud, Photographie aérienne et prise de vue par cerf-volant à Tanis.
This study aims to trace changes in the River Nile flows over the Late Quaternary and is based on palynomorphs which were embedded in the sea floor of the Levantine Basin. The palynomorphs were extracted from two marine sediment cores,... more
Article extrait de Tanis Travaux Récents, tome 2.
Philippe Brissaud, Les travaux de la Mission Française sur le tell Sân el-Hagar 1997 2000.
Philippe Brissaud, Les travaux de la Mission Française sur le tell Sân el-Hagar 1997 2000.
From Magnetometry to Excavation: The Latest Results from Qantir-Piramesse Qantir-Piramesse, capital of Ramesside Egypt, can be considered one of the largest archaeological sites of the New Kingdom in Egypt. In addition to previous... more
Article extrait du Bulletin de la Société Française des Fouilles de Tanis n° 4.
Jean Rougemont, Jean Yoyotte, Un voyage dans le Delta 30 Septembre - 8 Octobre 1989.
Jean Rougemont, Jean Yoyotte, Un voyage dans le Delta 30 Septembre - 8 Octobre 1989.
An interdisciplinary study that draws together geography, historical navigation data, and eyewitness accounts into a comprehensive picture of one of the world’s great rivers. This ground-breaking view of the navigational landscape of... more
Perhaps one of the more intriguing and enigmatic characters in the OT is Nimrod, though his name appears only 4 times throughout the entire Bible. Opinions about Nimrod's identity, which have abounded since ancient times, include Ninurta,... more
Egipto. Su sola mención evoca misterios, leyendas, gestas y grandeza. La tierra del Nilo ha fascinado a la humanidad durante milenios. Acontecimientos como la Guerra de Troya, el nacimiento de Roma o las hazañas de Alejandro Magno forman... more
Article extrait de Tanis Travaux Récents, tome 1.
Gilles Roulin, Les tombes royales de Tanis. Analyse du programme décoratif.
Gilles Roulin, Les tombes royales de Tanis. Analyse du programme décoratif.
This project presents a stratified archaeological sequence spanning the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom at Tell er-Rub’a, Mendes, in the eastern Egyptian Delta. This sequence, excavated between 1999 and 2005, has provided the... more
The Austrian archaeological team led by Manfred Bietak that excavated the palatial district at Avaris (Tell el-Dab‘a) has produced some significant results for illuminating Lower Egypt’s history of the 2nd millennium BC. While Bietak’s... more
This article presents two unpublished canopic jars of the Ramesside vizier Iuty kept in the Civico Museo Archeologico, Sezione Egizia, in the Castello Sforzesco, Milan. All other currently known elements of the prosopographical dossier of... more
Report on the later seasons of the British Museum excavations at Tell el-Balamun, with results of work on the temples of Psamtik I and Nekhtnebef. Also an anonymous temple of the Thrd Intermediate Period and a Saite chapel - for more on... more
خلال العصور التاريخية المختلفة، مر نهر النيل بالعديد من المراحل والتقلبات التي أثرت على الحياة الاجتماعية والسياسية والتاريخية في مصر، حيث كان لتطور فروع النيل الأثر الواضح في اختيار مواقع المدن والقرى والتجمعات السكنية بمنطقة دلتا النيل،... more
In the early 2nd millennium BCE, Near Eastern groups of diverse origin penetrated the Nile Delta, via sea and land. The Wadi Tumilat was one of the two principal overland routes in and out of Egypt for Asiatics arriving from the East.... more
Fieldwork was carried out every year for about one month, in 2014-16 in spring and in 2018 in autumn. The main aim of all campaigns was to excavate deepest layers at the Western and Central Koms, and investigate the settlement and further... more
ABSTRACT: This special lecture is actually designed both to aid students (of Anth.106: Introduction to Archaeology) in (a) mastering approaches to and the interpretation of different aspects of the past, and (b) summarizing --within a... more
تمثل الحمامات وثقافة الاستحمام أحد الجوانب الحضارية المهمة فى حياة المجتمعات القديمة خاصة فى الحضارات اليونانية والرومانية؛ فقد شغل الاستحمام قسمًا مهمًا من النشاط اليومى للسكان. كما أعتبر الاستحمام معيارًا للتحضرِ ونموذجًا للتواصل... more
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