#elkab

[ir-egipto-travel]

First flowers bouquet in the history where founded in the Tomb of the High Priest Setaw / El Kab / Edfu / Aswan High Priest of Nekhbet during the reign of Ramses III until the reign of Ramses IX during the Twentieth Dynasty. El Kab is located near the current village of Mahamid in the north of the city of Aswan, about 120 km to the east of the Nile and on the edge of the Eastern Desert, and is located about 20 km from the city of Edfu in the north-east and at a distance of about 83 km south of Luxor. It was the capital of Upper Egypt in prehistoric times, and later became the capital of the third region for a period of more than three thousand years, until the rule of the Ptolemaic era and even the Byzantine times. As it was one of the important religious centers, it witnessed days of glory and greatness since prehistoric times. 🇪🇬 #iregipto #egyptpassion #mbplanet #history #aswanegypt #elkab #edfutemple #ramsesiii #roses #flowers #ptolemaic https://www.instagram.com/p/CfcdmR_PqbT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[imperium-romanum]

Ancient Egyptian graffiti, burial sites discovered by Yale archaeologists

A team of archaeologists — led by Yale Egyptologist John Darnell — has uncovered a “lost oasis” of archaeological activity in the Egyptian desert of Elkab.

“A team of archaeologists — led by Yale Egyptologist John Darnell — has uncovered a “lost oasis” of archaeological activity in the eastern Egyptian desert of Elkab.”

“The researchers from the Elkab Desert Survey Project — a joint mission of Yale and the Royal Museums of Art and History Brussels working in collaboration with the Ministry of Antiquities and the Inspectorate of Edfu — surveyed the area of Bir Umm Tineidba, once thought to be devoid of any major archaeological remains. Instead, the team unearthed “a wealth of archaeological and epigraphic material,” says Darnell, including a number of examples of ancient rock art or “graffiti,” the burial site of an Egyptian woman, and a previously unrecorded, enigmatic Late Roman settlement.”

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