When we found it, we were amazed at the size of it. Having seen the maps available (which are old and not at all detailed), we knew that the site was large, but that didn’t prepare us for seeing it in person. It is well over a square kilometer in size.
Tuesday, we had to head back to Qena with our inspector so that she could sign papers with the Qena inspectorate. We worked a few hours in the morning and then left for Qena straight from the site. Having gotten up early and the weather being hotter that day, Qena didn’t seem nearly as charming as it had two days before. However, we did get a chance to take a few pictures near Nag Hammadi this time.
5 comments:
Fabulous pictures. I'm sooo jealous. So what are you looking for specifically at the site? Do you have any idea at all or are you just survey and figuring out whether there's anything to excavate??
Monica
Monica, see my latest post for more on the details of the site. You can also try googling it, but I'm not sure how much info is out there on the net about it. We're only surveying the site because there is a moratorium on new excavations in Upper Egypt right now, but we hope to be able to do at least some excavation there in the future.
I am surprised to see the green
Rebecca
Melinda,
I have read all of your blog now and I want more posts! The 11th is the most recent? I would love to send the blog address to Amy's prior social studies teacher, whose classroom you went to last year; Mrs Blauss.
Would that be ok? Let me know.
Rebecca
Actually, I posted on the 21st (the titles with dates in them are things I posted well after the actual day). Each post has the day and time I posted.
Feel free to share the blog address, but I prefer that I not appear on any posters or other classroom materials!
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