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Theban Tomb #89 Epigraphic Project
y Amenmose who served King Amenhotep III (1391-1353 BC), King Tutankhamun’s grandfather. The tomb is located on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, Egypt, among some 500 tombs that dot the hillside, dating roughly from 1500- 1200 BC. The project’s goal is to record and interpret the paintings
Top 4 ROM Blogs of 2013
We’ve covered a range of stories on the blog over the last 12 months. From Ancient Egyptian cat mummies, to new apps, to landmark discoveries by our curators and tons in between. This year we introduced new series that offered readers a closer look behind the scenes. Brian Boyle showed us wha
Mounds of Creation
. The existence of many of these Mounds of Creations shows that local gods and goddesses had originally been credited with the work of creation. When Egypt was united under one king, the world of gods and goddesses was also united under the sun god, Re, but older temples and stories were not
Go with the Flow: Technology & Early Glass
as a flux makes a glass of lower softening temperature and high density. Possibly the oldest fragment of glass in the ROM (photographed in the Egypt gallery), other fragments *may* be older, but this is from the reliably-dated occupation of Tell al-Amarna in Egypt, Amarna Period, 18th Dynasty
Restoring a Rebel Pharaoh’s Kingdom: In the field with Prof. Barry Kemp
By Laura Ranieri Tell el Amarna is a remote desert outpost in the centre of Egypt between Cairo and Luxor on the east bank of the River Nile. Arriving here is like landing on the moon – a desolate and vast expanse of hills and red, cratered sand. There is little human settlement for miles, save a
Pyramid Texts
hy of the Afterlife are described, such as the Field of Reeds and the Winding Waterway. On earth, the king had needed a boat to travel throughout Egypt along the Nile; in the next world, he would need a boat as well. Some of the prayers calls for food and provisions; some assert that the king
Hambukol/Letti Basin
scoveries were the remains of the previously unknown pre-Napatan Nubian people (1000- 800 BC), the ancestors of the great rulers of Kush. Research in Egypt and Sudan has been funded in part by grants from the ROM Governors and private donors. Research at Hambukol has been funded in part by a grant
Soldiers
one, and to cut canals through the red granite at the First Cataract to ease the transport of men and goods. He ended his career as Governor of Upper Egypt. In a long and interesting autobiography, he boasts of his relationship with the king, saying that he was "rooted in his heart." King