Articles and Reports
Museums Related Temples & Tombs
Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) Sir Ralph Abercromby Deir el Medina, workers village
Amarna Princess Aswan, dam and quarrying Deir el Medina, documents from village
Tutankhamun's burial jewellery Has Akhenaten's body been found..? Deir el Medina, temple of Hathor
Brothers Khnum-Nakht & Nekht-Ankh Pyramid in Liverpool Herishef, temple at Heracleopolis
Stirling - Castle, town, Pyramid   Tomb of Meketre, western Thebes
     
Ancient Egypt Study Reports
  1. Evolution of Funerary Architecture
  2. Egyptian Religious Art
  3. What is a temple..?
  4. Akhenaten, the-Aten, and Atenism
  5. Egypt’s relationships with Libya and the ‘Sea Peoples’ during the New Kingdom
  6. Historical context of the Stelae excavated by William Bankes within the Northern Temple of Isis at Buhen
Archaeology Study Reports
  1. Were Celtic identities constructed by archaeologists..?
  2. Examples of artefact biographies and a Chaine Opératoire
  3. Discussion of the arguments for and against the repatriation and or reburial of human-remains
  4. What are Oldowan 'favoured places' and what do they tell us about hominin behaviour..?
  5. Essay discussing Trigger's view that technology, settlement patterns, art, and architecture can be understood only in terms of the roles they played in supporting institutions, facilitating social interaction, and promoting the ideological objectives of various Ancient Egypt's post-unification polity and ideology
  6. Does the study of animal bones tell us what people ate in the past, or does it simply tell us what animals were on and around sites? (Jun-11)
  7. Can the analysis of human skeletal remains tell us about social relations and identity in the past? (Jun-11)
  8. Imperial Porphyry; its special qualities which influenced its form, function and use in antiquity (Jun-11)
  9. Review of a metallographic investigation of Roman ferrous armour from Northern Britain (Jun-11)
  10. What impact did the Frankish conquest and settlement have on the landscapes of Outremer? (Jun-11)
  11. How have the recent archaeological projects on Britain’s northern frontier contributed to our understanding of the role of vici in the Roman Western Provinces? (Sep-11)

 
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