Hatnub: The texts of the south wall of Quarry P in their industrial landscape context. During this two-year project , I developed and refined a method of remote archaeological survey, recording features visible on the surface
Read More2018.10.31 This 4,500-year-old system used to pull alabaster stones up a steep slope was discovered at Hatnub, an ancient quarry in the
Read More2024.3.21 Hatnub Quarry P. Roland Enmarch is Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool and co-director of the Anglo-French Hatnub Survey / Mission de Hatnoub, along with Dr. Yannis Gourdon
Read More2024.3.21 About the Project. The project led by Dr Roland Enmarch and Dr. Yannis Gourdon is recording texts commemorating pharaonic expeditions to the Egyptian alabaster quarries at Hatnub (in the desert c.
Read More2020.12.14 Keywords: Hatnub, Ramp, Pyramid construction Stephen Brichieri-Colombi E-Mail: stephen.synaquanon@gmail AbstrAct Certain features of the ramp
Read More2018.10.31 CAIRO, EGYPT—According to a Live Science report, researchers from the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology and Liverpool University have discovered a possible system for moving stone blocks...
Read More2016.10.17 Yannis Gourdon (IFAO) and Roland Enmarch (Liverpool) Abstract: Preliminary presentation of some of the results of the Hatnub Epigraphic Project, which
Read MoreThis paper considers the current state of evidence for pharaonic quarrying and mining, including the results of fresh fieldwork at a number of previously neglected sites, such as
Read More2024.3.21 Hatnub Quarry P. Roland Enmarch is Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool and co-director of the Anglo-French Hatnub Survey / Mission de Hatnoub, along with Dr. Yannis Gourdon
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Read More2018.11.8 X (Twitter) What began as an expedition to record the inscriptions of ancient Egyptian quarry workers produced a remarkable discovery about the Great Pyramid at Giza. My colleagues and I in the ...
Read MoreBefore the discovery of Quarry P and its inscriptions, the autobiography of Weni, a high official of the 6th Dynasty, was the most ancient source we had relating to an expedition to Hatnub during the reign of Merenre I. This text, which shows Hatnub as a region where alabaster was extracted, provided no indicated as to the location of the site.
Read MoreGeneral view of interior of Hatnub Quarry P. The interior south wall of the quarry is the shaded area at left. The first Egyptologists to visit Hatnub were Newberry and Carter in 1891, but the most recent work on the inscriptions (prior to our own) was undertaken by Möller in 1907. The broader archaeological landscape was surveyed by Petrie ...
Read MoreHe explains the discovery and history of Hatnub bfun-stone (the pla.e name Hatnub derived from hwt-nbw or "Mansion of Gold") which begins with petrie,s identification of the site during his 1891-2 season at Amarna and follows subsequent discussions up to the Hatnub Surveyfrom 1985 to 1994, begun under the auspices of Cambridge Universiqg and ...
Read MoreR. Anthes, Die Felseninschriften von Hatnub, Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens, UGAÄ 9, 1928. R. Anthes, Die Zeit des Gaufürsten Neheri nach den Graffiti im Alabasterbruch von Hatnub in Mittelägypten, s. l., 1923. J. Lieblein, «Les inscriptions trouvées dans les carrières de Hatnub», Sphinx 12, 1909, p. 227-230.
Read More2018.11.21 My colleagues and I in the Anglo-French joint archaeological mission to the ancient quarry site of Hatnub recently revealed the existence of a well-preserved haulage ramp dating to the time of the ...
Read More2021.3.15 Quarry epigraphy at Hatnub Roland Enmarch and Yannis Gourdon General presentation of site Hatnub is a region of the Eastern Desert spreading over several square kilometres, the core ... 17 Other than the as yet unpublished discovery of pilgrim feet [ at a hilltop cairn in the vicinity. 18 According to BLACKDEN, FRASER [1894], p. 77.
Read MoreCORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by University of Liverpool Repository 1 Quarry epigraphy at Hatnub Roland Enmarch and Yannis Gourdon General presentation of site Hatnub is a region of the Eastern Desert spreading over several square kilometres, the core of which is approximately 16.4km south-east of Amarna (Kom ...
Read More2018.11.13 Evidence of the 4,500-year-old “system” that was probably used to construct the pyramids of Egypt have been unearthed. (Source: Yannis Gourdon/LFAO) The three Giza Pyramids were built for
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Read MoreThe Hatnub Epigraphic Project is a joint project of Roland Enmarch of the University of Liverpool, Dr. Yannis Gourdon of Institut Français d’Archéologie orientale – Le Caire (IFAO)/Maison de l’Orient et de la
Read More2018.11.9 A joint archaeological mission to the ancient quarry site of Hatnub recently revealed the existence of this well-preserved haulage ramp dating to the time of the Great Pyramid, roughly 4,500 years ...
Read More2016.10.17 2 The current Hatnub Epigraphic Project2 aims to produce a full epigraphic and photographic record of the surviving texts from Hatnub. Work has so far focused on one part of the landscape, Quarry P, which contains the overwhelming majority of previously known texts from the site.
Read More2024.4.10 Hatnub was the location of Egyptian alabaster quarries and an associated seasonally occupied workers’ settlement in the Eastern Desert, about 65 km (40 mi) from el-Minya, southeast of el-Amarna.The pottery, hieroglyph inscriptions and hieratic graffiti at the site show that it was in use intermittently from at least as early as the reign of Khufu until
Read MoreSurvey at Hatnub CHAPTER 10 A SURVEY AT HATNUB by Ian M.E. Shaw 10.1 Introduction In 1977 and 1980, the Egypt Exploration Society expedition to eHAmarna devoted some time to a brief examination of the ancient Hatnub alabaster quarry. Several triangulations were made in the area near the so-called Old Kingdom quarry and a few of
Read More2018.11.8 The pyramid of Cheops in Giza, Cairo, Egypt. The ancient ramp discovered in Hatnub quarry was flanked by two staircases lined with postholes, to which ropes were tied to drag the huge stone blocks. Workers walked up the staircases on either side of the block, pulling the rope as they went. The large wooden posts, which were up
Read MoreIn 2016, I used the high-resolution satellite imagery to remotely survey the archaeological features across the desert around Hatnub’s Quarry P. The results were ground-checked using mobile GIS during the 2017 field season and subsequently published in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology in 2021.
Read More2018.11.11 What began as an expedition to record the inscriptions of ancient Egyptian quarry workers produced a remarkable discovery about the Great Pyramid at Giza. My colleagues and I in the Anglo-French joint archaeological mission to the ancient quarry site of Hatnub recently revealed the existence of a well-preserved haulage ramp dating to
Read MoreNewburys Discovery Of Hatnub Quarry. Quarry of the Pyramids quarryonline. Nov 13, 2018 An ancient ramp has been discovered in a 4 500-year-old Egyptian alabaster quarry in the country's eastern desert, prompting archaeologists to draw up a schematic as to how the Pyramids could have been built by an army of workers.
Read More2017.3.17 Quarry P is the part of Hatnub where most of the inscriptions have been found, and the rest of Enmarch’s talk concentrated on this area. It is a large deep oval pit, and nearly all the alabaster has been removed from it (there are fragments on the floor and some small parts left in the limestone walls of the pit). It is an open cast mine ...
Read More2018.11.6 UoL Egyptologist, Dr Roland Enmarch, said: "The Hatnub quarries were the most prestigious source for Egyptian alabaster, the milky white banded stone which was much beloved of Egyptian civilisation.
Read More2020.12.14 Keywords: Hatnub, Ramp, Pyramid construction Stephen Brichieri-Colombi E-Mail: stephen.synaquanon@gmail AbstrAct Certain features of the ramp first uncovered by the IFAO/University of Liverpool team in 2015 at the Old Kingdom alabaster quarry at Hatnub have been heralded as a model for ramps used in construction of the
Read More2021.9.2 The statement also reports the discovery of more than 100 inscriptions commemorating the pharaonic expeditions to the alabaster quarries of Hatnub, from the Old Kingdom to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Source: Alec Forssmann, National Geographic. Alabaster quarry. Hatnub alabaster quarry, located east of Amarna and in
Read More2018.11.9 The ancient ramp might explain how stone blocks were transported from the quarries to the pyramids’ building site. “The Hatnub quarries were the most prestigious source for Egyptian alabaster, the milky white banded stone which was much beloved of Egyptian civilization,” Egyptologist, Dr Roland Enmarch, University of Liverpool said in a
Read More2024.4.7 حت نب Hatnub كانت موقع محاجر ألباستر مصري ومستوطنة عمال موسمية مقترنة بالمحجر في الصحراء الشرقية، على بعد 65 كم من المنيا، جنوب شرق العمارنة.The pottery, hieroglyph inscriptions and hieratic graffiti at the site show that it was in use intermittently from at least as early as the reign ...
Read More2019.5.16 Since 2012, the Hatnub Epigraphic Survey has worked at the alabaster quarries in the deserts of Middle Egypt. Discovered in 1891, the main quarry at the site contains large numbers of inscriptions, dating from as early as the reign of pharaoh Khufu (26th Century BC), who is best known for commissioning the building of the Great
Read More2020.11.19 Certain features of the ramp first uncovered by the IFAO/University of Liverpool team in 2015 at the Old Kingdom alabaster quarry at Hatnub have been heralded as a model for ramps used in construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. These features include a steep slope of up 20% (11⁰), inclined stairways on both sides and post holes at
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