In the final dig diary posting for 2009, I talked about the importance of publishing the results of our work at the site. The first…
Read MoreThe season is over. We finished digging on Tuesday and spent the rest of this week cleaning up, checking notes and taking final photographs. Our…
Read MoreDuring this past week I continued to treat small finds excavated from the west side of the Taharqa gate, and to watch the progress…
Read MoreIt’s hard to believe that the season is almost over: this was our last full week of work, and it has been hot. Still, we…
Read MoreLate last week we uncovered the top of a fairly substantial mud brick wall running across the Taharqa Gate square (left), but we only…
Read MoreI’ve been back on site for a week now and am happy to rejoin the team for my second season. It’s great to see Richard,…
Read MoreThe month on the traditional Egyptian calendar known as “Imsheer” (mid-February to mid-March) began this week and so far is living up to its reputation…
Read MoreThis week we were able to start putting the north wing of the Taharqa Gate back together, restoring fallen blocks to their original position. We…
Read MoreWe are so happy that William and Elsie Peck could join us again this year. After a look around the site first thing Saturday morning…
Read MoreAt the end of last season we covered the baked brick building north of the Sacred Lake with plastic and sand to protect it and…
Read MoreWe flew up to Luxor from Cairo on January 13. The view out the window was absorbing: the mountains of the eastern desert always take…
Read MoreThe Mut Precinct’s front gate The Brooklyn Museum Mut Expedition’s next season of fieldwork will take place between mid-January and mid-March, 2009. Once again we…
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