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Meet Another Charming Lady
All of us were a little sad to see “Bird Lady” go, even if it is only for a brief period of time, but we were able to take this opportunity to conserve another female figurine and introduce her to you....
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A New Addition from our Old Collection
Every museum strives to enrich its collection even further, but acquiring new objects is not always possible. Luckily, our storerooms have much to offer and with new research and conservation we are...
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Back at Mut – How things have changed!
Our first day at the site this year was February 6, so most of this first posting will be about how the site has changed since we left in January 2011. In February 2012 the American Research Center in...
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Our first week
According to the late French scholar, Agnes Cabrol, these 3 badly damaged sphinxes sitting east of Chapel D date stylistically to the reign of Ramesses III and probably had originally been part of a...
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Old projects, new projects
Jaap’s wife, Egyptologist Julia Harvey, arrived on February 15, completing this season’s small team. Julia has agreed to take on the pottery, with which she has considerable experience. She already...
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Our last week of excavation
Our last day of excavation was February 28, but we still have work to do. Since we are leaving Luxor next week, this will be our last post from the field. We will do one last wrap-up posting on March...
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The End of the Season
Working together with the ARCE project team we got a great deal accomplished this season in preparing the site to open to visitors. Most of the work consisted of organizing a mass of inscribed and...
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Is Bigger Better? Some Most-ASKed About Artworks
In a recent conversation with colleagues from the Peabody Essex Museum, Sara and I fielded a question that frequently arises: which works of art do people ask about most often via ASK? We’re able to...
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ASK and Young Museum Visitors: On the Hunt
Sometimes we plan and execute ASK-related projects on a long timeline, but occasionally a project will happen organically and almost take us by surprise. Using ASK for group tours is an example of a...
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