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It was the capital of the nineteenth Lower Egyptian Nome, Later during Third intermediate period it became the northern capital of Egypt and the royal residence of the kings of the XXI and XXII Dynasties. A great quantity of gold and... more
Ahmed Nakshara reports on a recent unusual weather event at Tanis that struck the site virtually on the anniversary of similar events reported by Flinders Petrie in 1884 and Pierre Montet in 1945.
Summarized report of the 65th season (Autumn 2018) of the Mission française des fouilles de Tanis
Middle Kingdom royal statues frequently exhibit physical evidence that attests to their renewed integration into later contexts within the two millennia of pharaonic culture that followed their creation. Reuse is a pervasive phenomenon in... more
Inside: --Finding Nefertiti What if we told you that Nefertiti WAS buried in Tutankhamun's tomb after all? But where is her mummy now? --The Antiquities Museum in the Library of Alexandria While building the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina,... more
ABSTRACT: This lecture covers the historical background to the Kushite (Napatan) and Saite periods of Ancient Egypt's late Third Intermediate Period through early "Late Period" (Dyns.25-26), starting with a reign by reign overview of the... more
Die Geschichte des Alten Ägypten Teil II. Das Imperiale Ägypten: Die Geschichte des Neuen Reiches und der dritten Zwischenzeit. Eine der umfangreichsten historischen Darstellungen des Neuen Reiches und der daran anschließenden ersten... more
ADDED NOTES: I am not the author, but I am posting Sarah Parcak's book flyer and some pertinent data and reviews here, on my academia page, to inform potential interested readers and followers about this publication (now available: July... more
summary: A problem of pedubasts? In this paper I shall try to show that there were two kings with the name of wsr mAat Ra stp.n Imn PA-di-BAstt mri Imn. The frst Pedubast is to be identifed as a Theban ruler who ascended the throne... more
Schmuck und Objekte aus Gold von Tutanchamun, KV 55 und Tanis. Gold, überall Gold war das erste was Howard Carter 1922 durch das kleine Loch in der Mauer erkennen konnte. Der grösste archäologische Goldschatz aller Zeiten: Zahlreiche... more
Summarized report of the 64th season (Autumn 2017) of the Mission française des fouilles de Tanis
Conférence présentée lors de la journée de l'asbl Egyptologica (Bruxelles) consacrée aux "Centenaires de l'Égyptologie".
Publication of the heart scarab of King Shoshenq III, now in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum (inv. 61.10). Although its original context is not now known, the scarab was almost certainly robbed from the king’s tomb at Tanis (NRT 5),... more
Publication of a glassy faience statuette fragment from Memphis which imitates the style of the Old Kingdom ("archaism") and which is inscribed for one king "Usermaatre". Following a discussion of the possible candidates who may be... more
The statuary of Ramesside kings includes a large number of “usurped” pieces. With the original sovereign’s name erased, the statue becomes, thanks to its new inscription and the modification of its facial features, a new Ramesside... more
The analysis of a bronze shabti from the royal necropolis at Tanis (ca. 1000 BC) has revealed its manufacturing of Wadi Arabah-copper. The connection with the mining region, which synchronously supplied also Phoenicia and Greece, was... more
The analysis of a bronze shabti from the royal necropolis at Tanis (ca. 1000 BC) has revealed its manufacturing of Wadi Arabah-copper. The connection with the mining region, which synchronously supplied also Phoenicia and Greece, was... more
ABSTRACT: This video examines the much less well-known tomb and furnishings of King Psusennes I, found in the temple of Amun-Re at Tanis (San el-Hagar), which formed the northern capital of Egypt at the beginning of the Third Intermediate... more
Affiche présentée à la journée "Humanités numériques", EPHE, PSL, 12 octobre 2016.
Abril trajo importantes noticias para la ciencia: la primera fotografía de un agujero negro, una nueva especie de hombre prehistórico (el Homo luzonensis) y Tanis, un sitio paleontológico en Dakota del Norte, que su descubridor afirma... more
The Imperial Egypt: History of the New Kingdom and the third Intermediate Period (18th to 21st Dynasty)
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La Nécropole royale de Tanis fut découverte par la Mission Montet entre 1939 et 1946, puis complétée en 1984 par la MFFT avec la mise au jour d’un nouveau bâtiment arasé. Elle a donné lieu à de nombreuses études et interprétations,... more
La conférence présente un historique des fouilles réalisées sur le site de Tanis, depuis les premières explorations aux 18e et 19e siècles jusqu’aux travaux menés actuellement par la Mission française des fouilles de Tanis (MFFT), en... more
ABSTRACT: This documentary response sheet contains a series of sequential questions drawn from the video, BBC: "Flinders Petrie: The Man Who Discovered Egypt" (shown in-class; also available online via http://movzap.com/3a8ycus4d5vx [52... more
Après les premières fouilles archéologiques d’envergure exécutées par A. Mariette et le Service des Antiquités dans les années 1860 puis celles de W.M.F. Petrie pour le compte de l’Egypt Exploration Fund en 1884, le site de Tanis était... more
Cover: Enlargmem of a Demoric osrracon from Narmurhis comaining Greek words (;ee also p. 277ff.).
Paper presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Toledo, April 22, 2007.