{"id":1584,"date":"2020-03-06T13:36:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T13:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2020-03-23T14:22:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T14:22:31","slug":"egypt-in-reading-excavating-egypt-drawer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/egypt-in-reading-excavating-egypt-drawer\/","title":{"rendered":"EGYPT IN READING: Excavating Egypt Drawer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The drawers underneath each section of the display case contain additional material relevant to each section of the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/egypt-in-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Egypt in Reading<\/a>&#8221; exhibition. Click on the section title to go to the handlist for the individual display case section.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/egypt-in-reading-excavating-egypt\/\"><strong>Excavating Egypt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ol start=\"22\">\n<li><strong>Photographs of a girl, taken during excavations at Esna, 1906<\/strong> [reproduced courtesy of the Garstang Museum]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1672\" style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1672 \" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/Esna-Excavations-1906-photo-girl-bread-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/Esna-Excavations-1906-photo-girl-bread-copy.jpg 969w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/Esna-Excavations-1906-photo-girl-bread-copy-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/Esna-Excavations-1906-photo-girl-bread-copy-768x812.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reproduced courtesy of the Garstang Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1673\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1673\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1673 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/girl1brighta4-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/girl1brighta4-copy.jpg 416w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/girl1brighta4-copy-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reproduced courtesy of the Garstang Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These two photographs taken of an unnamed girl, who probably lived close to Esna, were included in one of Garstang&#8217;s field reports from site.\u00a0 Here, she is being used as a living (modern) model for ancient Egyptian baking and ancient Egyptian hairstyles.<\/p>\n<p>There is no record of how she felt about these photographs being taken, or whether she knew how these photographs of her were used and interpreted.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"23\">\n<li><strong>Page from one of Garstang&#8217;s interim reports, showing the 1906 excavations at Qubban, in Nubia<\/strong> [reproduced courtesy of the Garstang Museum].<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1669\" style=\"width: 436px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1669 \" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/Qubban-1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/Qubban-1-copy.jpg 744w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/Qubban-1-copy-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reproduced courtesy of the Garstang Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>John Garstang and his Egyptian team began their work in Nubia at Qubban.\u00a0 This page from Garstang&#8217;s report shows two photographs: (top) the fort at Qubban, which dated to the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Dynasty; (bottom) a structure attached to one of the site&#8217;s rock tombs, also dating to the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Dynasty.<\/p>\n<p>Qubban and its near neighbour Koshtamna are both now submerged in Lake Nasser.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>In <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/egypt-in-reading-dina-rezk-on-the-aswan-dam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this audio<\/a>, listen to Dina Rezk discussing the economic, political and cultural impact of the Aswan Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"24\">\n<li><strong>Map of Egypt and Sudan, c. 1913 <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This map originally appeared in a guidebook to Egypt and Sudan published by a company called &#8220;African World&#8221;.\u00a0 &#8220;African World&#8221; promoted colonial projects and investment opportunities across Britain&#8217;s colonies in Africa. Archaeological sites in Egypt and Sudan were featured in &#8220;African World&#8221; publications as an important part of tourism infrastructure, alongside railways and &#8220;big game&#8221; hunting.<\/p>\n<p>The sites represented in the exhibition are marked on the map.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"25\">\n<li><strong> Beni Hassan card found in tomb <\/strong>[reproduced courtesy of Chlo\u00e9 Ragazzoli]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This card was unearthed by archaeologists on site at Beni Hassan a few years ago.\u00a0 It is valuable evidence of the ways in which both John Garstang and Salah Abd El Nebi managed visitors to the excavations.\u00a0 The card reads:<\/p>\n<p>EXCAVATIONS AT BENI-HASAN<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the Rock-Tombs are earnestly [illegible] to restrain their dragomans and guides from attempting to converse with the workmen employed in excavation.<\/p>\n<p>Workmen, guards and others found in unnecessary conversation or receiving gratuities will be instantly dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>The foreman who hands you this card will convey any written message: but you are respectfully asked not to address him in English.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"26\">\n<li><strong>Page from Koshtamna excavation field report, 1906<\/strong> [reproduced courtesy of the Garstang Museum]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1670\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1670 \" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/Kostamneh-report-1906-p-12-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/Kostamneh-report-1906-p-12-copy.jpg 744w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/Kostamneh-report-1906-p-12-copy-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reproduced courtesy of the Garstang Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This page shows three different bodies (interpreted here as female) discovered in situ at Koshtamna: tombs 172 (top left), 179 (top right) and 174 (bottom centre). The skulls were found separated from the rest of the skeletons.<\/p>\n<p>In the handwritten text accompanying the photographs, Garstang notes that Flinders Petrie&#8217;s theories of cannibalism (being &#8220;eaten with honour&#8221;) were not supported by their findings. Instead, he wrote,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our observations &#8230; make it quite plain that the graves have merely been disturbed by ancient (possibly contemporary) tomb robbers, who grasping the necklace pulled it violently away, leaving the remains thus disturbed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text by Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back to the previous section, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/egypt-in-reading-britain-in-egypt\/\">Britain in Egypt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Move on to the next section, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/egypt-in-reading-egypt-in-britain\/\">Egypt in Britain<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The drawers underneath each section of the display case contain additional material relevant to each section of the &#8220;Egypt in Reading&#8221; exhibition. 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