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HOPKINS IN EGYPT TODAY PROJECT JANUARY 2001

The Supreme Council of Antiquities supervises all fieldwork research in Egypt and also monitors and preserves the ancient monuments. Dr. Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council, directs and helps to guide the mission of the organization. We are honored to work with the Supreme Council. This web site is an educational one that aims to provide the viewer with the elements of archaeological work that include the progress of excavation. The daily results are crucial to an understanding of how field investigation takes place, since decisions must be made on the basis of ongoing work. The people involved in the work are also an essential feature and contribute profoundly to the final outcomes. It is to those participants in the excavation that this web site is dedicated.

On December 30 Professor Betsy Bryan, with a team of JHU students and photographer Jay VanRensselaer, departed for Egypt. They arrived in Luxor, a southern Egyptian city, on January 2. This is the seventh year of the Johns Hopkins University Expedition under the direction of Dr. Bryan. Jay VanRensselaer is making his third trip with Professor Bryan to photograph the finds of her excavations. This year, along with his standard equipment, he is carrying a digital camera. He will be sending daily photographs with commentary from Professor Bryan on the team's progress during the month of January.

TO FOLLOW THE DAY-BY-DAY PROGRESS OF THE JHU EXPEDITION, CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL IMAGES IN THE CALENDAR BELOW.


Click here for more information on the JHU 2001 Expedition and the excavation site.

Click here to see a site map with excavation locations.

Click here to see calendars from other years.

JANUARY 2001
S M T W T F S
  1 2 Group Shot of JHU Expedition Members - 8440 Bytes JHU Expedition on Site - 8208 Bytes Lesson on Pottery Coding - 8541 Bytes Work on the Gateway - 6979 Bytes
Finding Sandstone Fragments - 8578 Bytes After Clearing the Reeds - 8752 Bytes Examining Sherds - 8476 Bytes Three Generations - 8778 Bytes Work at the Western Gateway - 8585 Bytes Exposing the Gateway - 8613 Bytes The Expedition at Edfu - 8982 Bytes
Identifying Bone Fragments - 8104 Bytes First Court of Mut Temple - 7218 Bytes Pottery Sherd from 18th Dynasty - 7741 Bytes Taking Notes - 7991 Bytes Checking the Drawings - 8530 Bytes Early Morning at the Excavation Site - 9333 Bytes Cutting a Pottery Sherd - 7944 Bytes
Studying Sketches - 9680 Bytes Digging a Storage Jar - 12205 Bytes Congratulations on Success - 8113 Bytes Knocking on Mud - 8917 Bytes Woodrow Wilson Scholar - 9511 Bytes Testing the PH of the Sacred Lake - 9135 Bytes Touring the Lake - 9528 Bytes
Old Kingdom Cemetery - 8226 Bytes Sunset at Luxor - 7504 Bytes Selecting Images for Website - 7815 Bytes Sphinx - 7889 Bytes      

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For additional information contact: macie.hall@jhu.edu