Category Archives: Near Eastern Archaeology

Of and relating to the Near East, Sumeria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Levant, etc.

The Rise of Sumerian Culture

Posted on February 14, 2007 by cfeagans

There are those that might argue that no other single culture had such a lasting impact on humanity as that of the Sumerian. This is a bold position, but one that I hope to support at least well enough to … Continue reading →

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Egyptology Online Karnak and Avaris

Posted on January 19, 2007 by cfeagans

The Near Eastern Studies department of Johns Hopkins University is scheduled to roll out an educational website on January 19, 2007 titled Hopkins in Egypt Today. Also, Tell el-Dabca (a.k.a. Avaris) has its own homepage. Avaris was the capital of … Continue reading →

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Hatshepsut Exhibition at the Kimball Art Museum

Posted on January 1, 2007 by cfeagans

I finally attended the Hatshepsut exhibit that was previously shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and San Francisco’s Fine Arts Museum. Fort Worth’s Kimball Art Museum is, apparently, the exhibit’s final venue. I couldn’t use my … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Chariots – Part 2 of 2

Posted on August 26, 2006 by cfeagans

It is the post-Hyksos era of the New Kingdom that begins to see chariot used on a grand scale, however. Chariots were used in large numbers at Megiddo by Thutmose III, possibly as the first chariotry division which employed archers … Continue reading →

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The Egyptian Chariot: Part 1

Posted on August 20, 2006 by cfeagans

Chariot Photo by stinkerbell1 Chariots are frequent subjects of Egyptian art and are nearly always depicted as an instrument of war or hunting with the Pharaoh in a grand pose about to lay waste to an enemy or slay a … Continue reading →

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A Bronze Age Harbor at Sidon

Posted on June 16, 2006 by cfeagans

The Journal of Archaeological Science has an article in press, "Geoarchaeology of Sidon’s ancient harbours, Phoenicia (Marriner, Morhange, & Doumet-Serhal 2006, in press)"  in which the authors use geoarchaeological data to clarify the developmental stages of Sidon’s bronze age harbor. … Continue reading →

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Got Trowel? The New Egyptian Tomb on Video

Posted on June 12, 2006 by cfeagans

In February, I blogged about An 18th Dynasty Tomb in Luxor, and the cache of mummies that were found in it. YouTube has a video clip that shows some of the details, gives life to some of the archaeologists who … Continue reading →

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U.S. Marines Occupy Babylon – A Colonel’s offer for an apology

Posted on April 18, 2006 by cfeagans

Among those who study archaeology or are at least familiar with the rich history of Mesopotamia, there’s been much concern for the archaeological sites of Iraq during the so-called "war on terror" that is being waged there. Sites like Ur, … Continue reading →

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18th Dynasty Tomb in Luxor

Posted on February 24, 2006 by cfeagans

This has been in the news for several weeks now and isn’t new by any means, but I thought it would be nice to collect some information and links about the new discovery in Luxor, Egypt just 5 meters from … Continue reading →

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