Visiting Luxor

Abydos project team members usually have the opportunity during the course of a field season to visit notable monuments and sites beyond the area of the project concession at Abydos itself.  Such visits allow IFA students and other project participants to learn first-hand about major archaeological sites such as the temple and tomb complexes at Luxor, recently visited during a short break, helping to situate our work at Abydos in the broader context of ancient Egyptian history and culture.

Matthew Adams, Field Director

2012 team members on the west bank at Luxor walking toward Qurna and the Theban hills, location of many important decorated rock-cut tombs of the New Kingdom. Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

IFA PhD student of Egyptian art and archaeology Tara Prakash at the mortuary temple of king Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, west bank, Luxor. Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

Archaeologists Dr. Donna Glowacki and Kay Barnett at the mortuary temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, west bank, Luxor. Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

Tara Prakash overlooking the Valley of the Kings, Egypt’s royal cemetery in Dynasties 18 – 20 (ca. 1550 – 1000 BCE). Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

IFA PhD student of Egyptian art and archaeology Patrick Salland at the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak, east bank, Luxor. Photo courtesy Diane Nelson.

At the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak, east bank, Luxor. Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

IFA student of Chinese art Diane Nelson, who is managing the photo database for 2012, at the mortuary temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, west bank, Luxor. Photo courtesy Jerrie Clarke.

The dramatic embayment of Deir el-Bahri, location of the mortuary temple of queen Hatshepsut, west bank, Luxor. Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

At the mortuary temple of queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri, west bank, Luxor. Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

Patrick Salland at a quay on the east bank of the Nile, with the storied Winter Palace Hotel in the distance. Photo courtesy Diane Nelson.

 

 

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