EES Minufiyeh Survey - A full day!

In August and September 2011 Dr Joanne Rowland, Director of the Egypt Exploration Society's Expedition in Minufiyeh Governorate, will again be posting regular updates from the field. During this season Jo and her team will be carrying out a survey of the desert-fringe site of Khatatbah, undertaking a GPR survey at Quesna and running a field school for Egyptian archaeology students.
For further information see: http://www.ees.ac.uk/news/index/127.html

A full day!

Monday 26th September 2011

Another busy day! Today we had a new team member with us for the day - from Germany - who was of great help with the preparation and consolidation of a number of burials in the trench! The students, as yesterday, spent the period before second breakfast in the trench and then moved into the workrooms to receive more instruction - more practical today - in conservation and ceramics analysis!

In the trench a new area was uncovered within the trench, already revealed a number of new features which were planned today and which will be worked on in the coming days! Much drawing was carried out in T9 and further parts of one of the coffins were excavated - having been marked by our conservator - and carried back to the room on a door!

The weather has dramatically improved - quite cloudy today and not too hot at all - which is a relief given the previously very hot weather that we have had! The workers were in fine form today and everyone very much enjoyed the day. We got the ladder out for the first time to take a picture of the new quadrant of the square - see photo below - and tomorrow we will further investigate these features! Another new area of investigation will be opened in the morning!

Larry up a ladder - ready to take the photos!