Ancient Egyptian Cemeteries

Abydos Cemetery F is an Old Kingdom burial ground that was excavated on behalf of the Egypt Exploration Fund by E. R. Ayrton and W. L. S. Loat in 1908-1909. It was never fully published. Cemeteries of this type were generally neglected in the past but the unpublished records of Cemetery F provide an opportunity to partially rectify this, especially as the material can now be compared with the results of recent archaeological work nearby. Through the lens of Tomb F40, the objects from which are located in Sydney museums, this article briefly re-examines what can be understood from this cemetery about the social position and burial practices of a Sixth Dynasty population cohort from Abydos. Further examination of the excavation records would illuminate more about the people interred, including the social milieu, burial customs and spatial organisation of the cemetery.

Middle Kingdom Theban Project. Documentation and publication of late Eleventh Dynasty and Middle Kingdom tombs at Thebes.
The Middle Kingdom Theban Project will focus on the conservation, reconstruction and management of the tombs of Henenu, Harhotep and Ipi (TT 313, TT 314, TT 315): landscape, architecture, decoration, texts, and findings from each tomb, etc. We will also focus on the role of the tomb owners in the historical circumstances of Thebes at this time. The project aims at the documentation, study and publication of the three monuments.

En este trabajo revisamos las causas que normalmente han sido esgrimidas para justificar la construcción de un templo de Isis en la ciudad hispano-romana de Baelo Claudia. Aunque la faceta de Isis como protectora de marinos y navegantes, y festivales como el Navigium Isidis, se adapten a la perfección a esta ciudad que vivía de cara al mar, queremos destacar el papel que juega el emplazamiento del santuario, otros aspectos de la diosa, de su culto y del momento en que el templo entra en funcionamiento, con la finalidad de intentar comprender de una manera más global el motivo por el que decide erigirse este monumento.

A marble statue in Budapest Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, perhaps from the Pausilypon in Naples and probably dated to the middle of the 2nd century AD has been given a problematic interpretation as Isis Pelagia, where it is impossible to think that it was holding a sail in the hands.
Instead, the statue must have been inserted in another base navigium-shaped, with a sail tied to the bow without the help of foot emerging from the plinth. Therefore, the Budapest statue would actually reproduce the Isis Pelagia type. Moreover two holes in the shoulders show its later transformation to a winged female figure, maybe a Nike.""