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Working on the burial database
One of the main tasks of the project is to develop a database of the Saqqara burials. With the number of excavated burials growing year by year, it is important that all relevant information is put together in an organised, easily searchable, and accessible format. It has certainly been a challenging task…
Textile analysis in Cairo, January 2024
As you may recall from our previous post, we have made some exciting discoveries in our vast funerary textile collection at Saqqara. Magda, a textile specialist in the team, collected dozens of textile and fibre samples to be analysed at the Research and Conservation Centre in Cairo. We are particularly interested in…
Fieldwork at Saqqara, Egypt, September-October 2023
In early autumn, the project team took a temporary residency at Saqqara to conduct a much anticipated fieldwork. Our specialists focused on the core elements of the project, including the study of human remains, documentation and examination of funerary textiles, and identification of botanical remains from burial contexts…
13th International Congress of Egyptologists, Leiden, August 2023
Over the years, the International Congress of Egyptologists has become a platform to present current research on various aspects of Ancient Egypt, including literary and religious studies, archaeology and, increasingly more, bioarchaeology alongside funerary archaeology. Such meetings are a wonderful opportunity to share research, exchange ideas, and forge new and exciting collaborations…
Comparative studies of ancient Egyptian textiles in museum collections in the UK, June 2023
In June, Iwona and Magda, the project textile expert, visited several archaeological museums in the United Kingdom that hold important and often unique textile collections from Ancient Egypt. Using a naked-eye and microscopic equipment, Magda examined mummy wrappings and other textiles recovered from funerary contexts at archaeological sites across Egypt…
Museum visits and networking in Cairo, Egypt, March 2023
March 2023 turned out to be busy with networking in Cairo. Following a string of preliminary discussions about the project with our Egyptian colleagues, Iwona and Magda travelled to Cairo for a series of museum visits and meetings with curators, lab specialists and representatives from the Research and Conservation Centre of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in Egypt…