Richard and I spent most of our last days at Mut photographing pot sherds, a necessary but decidedly unphotogenic task. However, I did have time…
Read MoreThursday, February 28 was our last day of work. It has been a very satisfactory season. We accomplished most of what we set out to…
Read MoreThe final week on site was spent finishing up various small projects, catching up on treatment notes, and packing up the tools and supplies for…
Read MoreAfter my second week on site I feel a bit less dazed and confused by the layout, the routine, and the scope and direction of…
Read MoreYou are looking northwest at the Taharqa Gate late Thursday morning. We are now down to the paving in the whole gateway, except for a…
Read MoreMy first day on site was Saturday, February 9th and I’m amazed at how quickly the week flew by. One of the things I did…
Read MoreThis week we moved a couple of teams of workmen from the Taharqa Gate (where working space is getting a little constricted) to the excavations…
Read MoreClearing the Taharqa Gate is one of the season’s main goals, a goal we achieved, at least in part, this week: the north wing of…
Read MoreThe weather continues to be uncooperative. Last week it rained. This week, we’ve had unusually cold temperatures and high winds that sweep enormous clouds of…
Read MoreWe just received a call from Richard Fazzini and Mary McKercher. The internet is down in Egypt and many other countries, so the Dig Diary…
Read MoreOne of the week’s big events was the weather. Saturday, Sunday and Monday were cloudy and cold (mid-50s F, which is cold for Luxor) with…
Read MoreExcavation got underway last Saturday (our work week is Saturday-Thursday), with teams working in Temple A, at the structures north of the Mut Temple’s First…
Read MoreWe started work at the site on January 5, but the celebration of Coptic Christmas (January 7) and Islamic New Year (January 10) has meant…
Read MoreWe flew to Luxor on New Year’s Day, and were able to start work on January 3. We haven’t done much yet but get re–acquainted…
Read MoreThe Brooklyn team leaves at the end of the month for another 2½-month season of work at the temple precinct of the goddess Mut in…
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