JP Guglielmi
@awtofofis.bsky.social
Egyptologist | University of Manchester MA '24 (Distinction) | Classical & A.H. KYD Prize (2024) | Scholar interests: late Second Intermediate Period & early New Kingdom | Author of teaching materials on Ancient Greek & Middle Egyptian | Cat enthusiast 𓃠
The back of the 'Israel Stela' (CG 34025) is where Amenhotep III describes building the Karnak Third Pylon. He dismantled Thutmose II's festival court, bark shrines, and other monuments, using hundreds of blocks as fill. The 20th-century excavations recovered these, reconstructing lost temples!
May 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The back of the 'Israel Stela' (CG 34025) is where Amenhotep III describes building the Karnak Third Pylon. He dismantled Thutmose II's festival court, bark shrines, and other monuments, using hundreds of blocks as fill. The 20th-century excavations recovered these, reconstructing lost temples!
The lower fragment of the Kamose I Stela, listed in databases as Egyptian Museum Tahrir (TR 11/1/35/1), has actually been in the Luxor Museum (J 897) since 2003. Thanks to Dr. Marwa Abdel Razek, Head of Registration @ Egyptian Museum, for her assistance in locating this artefact.
May 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The lower fragment of the Kamose I Stela, listed in databases as Egyptian Museum Tahrir (TR 11/1/35/1), has actually been in the Luxor Museum (J 897) since 2003. Thanks to Dr. Marwa Abdel Razek, Head of Registration @ Egyptian Museum, for her assistance in locating this artefact.
Study and research trip in Upper Egypt – Phase 1: The quest for the so discreet 17th Dynasty site of Deir el-Ballas (Sedjefa Tawy).
May 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Study and research trip in Upper Egypt – Phase 1: The quest for the so discreet 17th Dynasty site of Deir el-Ballas (Sedjefa Tawy).