Register for ARCE-NC Egyptology lecture November 15: NYU-Princeton North Abydos Expedition 2018-2020 The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California Chapter, and the Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, invite you to attend a virtual lecture b y Dr. Deborah Vischak, Princeton University: Event Transparency. 2019 – Present 1 year. Welcome to Abydos Archaeology, the online journal of the North Abydos Expedition, an archaeological project sponsored jointly by New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts and Princeton University. In this exhibition, we tell stories uncovered by the North Abydos Expedition through interactive experiences. Construction begins on a new wing of the Abydos field house dedicated to the storage and study of the Expedition’s collection of archaeological material. 24 févr. 1,667 people like this. 2020—Continuation of “Cemetery D” excavations exploring the early Old Kingdom cemetery and the Early Dynastic brewery. Just to the local west of the massive mudbrick wall that defines the Osiris Temple Enclosure lies the Votive Zone site, an area of North Abydos that has proven to be one of the richest sources of ancient inscriptional material relating to non-royal individuals in Egypt. David O’Connor collaborates with Barry Kemp on a new field project at Malqata, site of King Amenhotep III’s palace complex on the West Bank in Luxor, where foreign projects are still permitted to operate. By: Josef Wegner Archaeology can change quickly in the face of new data produced through excavation. Expedition Staff The archaeological research of the North Abydos Votive Zone Project is carried out under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania Museum-Yale University-Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Expedition to Abydos, directed by Dr. David O'Connor and Dr. William Kelly Simpson. Accessibility Help. Toronto, Canada Area. 1.6K likes. 2011—Field season cut short by the events of the January 25 uprising, followed by a security vacuum leading to several weeks of nighttime looting at the site. ARCE ONLINE: Princeton-Institute of Fine Arts, NYU North Abydos Expedition 2018-2020 Seasons Talks . 2004-2005, 2005-2006—Expedition moves to the implementation phase of the architectural conservation program at the Shunet el-Zebib, in tandem with ongoing excavations, including comprehensive investigation of Late Antique occupation of the monument. ARCE ONLINE: Princeton-Institute of Fine Arts, NYU North Abydos Expedition 2018-2020 Seasons. This fieldwork project was successful in locating a group of these ‘chapels’ which had been preserved under the later ‘Portal Temple’ of Ramses II, which was built immediately to the west of the Kom el-Sultan, i.e. Abstract from the publication: The 2013 field season of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Abydos Expedition, made possible in part by support from ARCE’s Antiquities Endowment Fund, focused on the systematic investigation, documentation, and condition assessment of archaeological features in the North Cemetery at Abydos that had been targeted by looters in early 2011. The story of archaeology life in quarantine at Abydos, Egypt during the Covid-19 pandemic. AN EXCLUSIVE PRE-RECORDED PRESENTATION! An Update from the 2013–2014 Field Season. Other event in Oakland, CA by Northern California Chapter, American Research Center in Egypt on Sunday, November 15 2020 with 591 people interested and 58 people going. Read on to learn more about this temple and the Expedition’s efforts to preserve it through the years. To learn more about our sponsoring programs, please visit the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University and the Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University. 1,880 people follow this. Archaeological project at Abydos, Egypt, sponsored by New York University's Institute of Fine Arts and Princeton University North Abydos Expedition. In addition to the temple that he built near the temple of his father Seti I, Ramesses II also constructed a large cult structure in North Abydos, adjacent to the Osiris Temple Enclosure within the Votive Zone site. The Abydos Field House was originally built by local masons, using traditional materials, during the Expedition’s first field season in 1967-68. A report on Archaeology News Network says Matthew Adams of the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University , who is co-director of the North Abydos Expedition , suggested that because the chambers are located inside the sacred valley of Abydos, in hard-to-reach positions high on a cliff face, they may have had “great religious significance.” https://abydos.org/blog/2020/1/20/whats-on-tap-at-abydos-this-season, http://abydos.org/blog/2019/9/30/what-is-the-shunet-el-zebib-part-one, Fieldwork on the Edge of Forever: An Update on the “Portal” Temple of Ramses II at Abydos, Part One, http://abydos.org/blog/2019/8/12/fieldwork-on-the-edge-of-forever-an-update-on-the-portal-temple-of-ramses-ii-at-abydos-part-one, The Most Impressive Finds Ever Made at Abydos, http://abydos.org/blog/2019/6/13/the-most-impressive-finds-ever-made-at-abydos, http://abydos.org/blog/2019/5/17/happy-museum-day-king-khufu, The Basket Makers of al-Hagz & the Local Roots of Archaeological Fieldwork at Abydos, http://abydos.org/blog/2019/4/24/the-basket-makers-of-al-hagz-amp-the-local-roots-of-archaeological-fieldwork-at-abydos, Photogrammetry is the New Archaeological Photography: 3D Modeling at Abydos, http://abydos.org/blog/2019/3/13/photogrammetry-is-the-new-archaeological-photography-3d-modeling-at-abydos, http://abydos.org/blog/2019/2/26/conserving-a-painted-coffin-in-situ. New excavations of the remains of the Osiris Temple, first explored by Auguste Mariette in the 1860s. North Abydos Votive Zone Project Osiris Cult ... New York University Expedition under the direction of Dr. David O’Connor and Dr. William Kelly Simpson. Read on to see how advanced technologies like 3D modeling are adding new dimensions of context to traditional methods of archaeological documentation. Bowers Museum . Page Transparency See More. AN EXCLUSIVE PRE-RECORDED PRESENTATION! Educational and community outreach program launches with site visits from local school groups, classroom outreach, and local museum talks. Abydos Archaeology. In 1967, David O’Connor, then Curator of the Museum’s Egyptian Section, initiated the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition to Abydos. 1997—First IFA-sponsored field season, continuing the Expedition’s investigation of the early royal ritual landscape of North Abydos. First Glimpse of a New Pharaoh. In the first installment of our video blog series "On the Ground at Abydos," North Abydos Expedition co-directors Matthew Adams and Deborah Vischak give… On the Ground at Abydos: Introduction to the 2020 Field Season on Vimeo primarily based on his excavations through the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition to Abydos. The Expedition’s research area in North Abydos encompasses the ancient core of the site, including the ancient town of Abydos and its chief institution, the Temple of Osiris, as well as the vast and intricate cemeteries that blanket the low desert overlooking the town and temple—which include the great royal monuments of Egypt’s first kings—and the grand processional route of the festival of Osiris, along which generations of ancient pilgrims made their way from the Temple of Osiris to his symbolic tomb at Umm al-Qa‘ab, in an annual event that put Abydos at the center of Egyptian cultural life beginning in the Middle Kingdom. The archaeological area of Abydos is a vast site complex covering around 8 square kilometers—in its scale and complexity one can think of it as something akin to the expansive, multi-component sites of the Mayan and classical worlds. 1967—David O’Connor and William Kelly Simpson of Yale University organize the Penn-Yale Expedition’s first field season at Abydos. At a few sites, conditions are better, one such being Abydos, where enough has survived of its long-lived town site and temple center to attract several excavators over the years. Since 1995, the Abydos Middle Cemetery Project, which I direct under the aegis of the Kelsey Museum and the Pennsylvania-Yale-New York University Expedition, has focused on the mysterious part of Abydos from which Weni's inscription was known to have come. Preliminary implementation of 3D modeling in the field and construction of low-impact visitor pathways at North Abydos in support of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities’ decision to open the area to the public. 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012—Continuation of conservation and excavation at the Shunet el-Zebib. ARCE Northern California Chapter Lecture: Princeton-Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, North Abydos Expedition: Current Work. A report on Archaeology News Network says Matthew Adams of the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University , who is co-director of the North Abydos Expedition , suggested that because the chambers are located inside the sacred valley of Abydos, in hard-to-reach positions high on a cliff face, they may have had “great religious significance.” How do archaeologists see into the past? Map of Egypt. David Bourke O’Connor (born 1938) is a retired Australian-American Egyptologist who primarily worked in the fields of Ancient Egypt and Nubia. Matthew Douglas Adams (NYU) Deborah Vischak (Princeton), Copyright © 2019-2020 by North Abydos Expedition, New York & Princeton, Mysterious Chambers Discovered inside the Sacred Wadi at Abydos, http://abydos.org/blog/2020/7/14/exciting-new-discovery-at-abydos, Archaeology in the Time of Corona: A letter from the Egyptian desert, http://abydos.org/blog/2020/5/23/archaeology-in-the-time-of-corona-a-letter-from-the-egyptian-desert, Anatomy of an Excavation: The North Abydos Expedition in the field (English & Arabic), http://abydos.org/blog/2020/5/20/anatomy-of-an-excavation-the-north-abydos-expedition-in-the-field-english-amp-arabic, On the Ground at Abydos: Update on the 2020 Excavations (English & Arabic), http://abydos.org/blog/2020/2/27/on-the-ground-at-abydos-update-on-the-2020-excavations, On the Ground at Abydos: Introduction to the 2020 Field Season, https://abydos.org/blog/2020/2/14/on-the-ground-at-abydos-introduction-to-the-2020-field-season. Discovery of a dense area of Middle Kingdom offering chapels under the New Kingdom temple, opening a new chapter in our understanding of Egyptian religious practice during the Middle Kingdom. Press alt + / to open this menu. Yet, already we have new results to add. The North Abydos Expedition concession, granted by permission from the Ministry of Antiquities in Egypt, holds the remains of material culture built over 4000 years, including vast cemetery fieids dating from the early Old Kingdom (c. 2600 BCE) through the end of the Roman period (c. 300 CE). Over the years, subsequent expansions to the original house, which is still in use today, have followed the basic aesthetic of the 1967 design. North Abydos . Diana Craig Patch, The Origin and Early Development of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt: A regional study (1991), Janet Richards, Mortuary Variability and Social Differentiation in Middle Kingdom Egypt (1992), Josef Wegner, The Mortuary Complex of Senwosret III: A study of Middle Kingdom state activity and the cult of Osiris at Abydos (1996), Stephen Harvey, The Cults of King Ahmose at Abydos (1998), Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner, The Cult of Osiris at Abydos: An archaeological investigation of the development of an ancient Egyptian sacred center during the Eighteenth Dynasty (2002), Matthew Douglas Adams, Community and Society in Egypt in the First Intermediate Period: An Archaeological Investigation of the Abydos Settlement Site (2005). 35 Interested. Situated on the escarpment of the low desert overlooking the ancient town and temple of Osiris, the “Portal” Temple was a major ritual waypoint along the processional route of the great festival of Osiris. Event Transparency. Hosted by. Take a closer look at the shared historical roots of modern agricultural and archaeological fieldwork in Egypt in our latest blog post. The North Abydos Expedition, jointly sponsored by NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts and Princeton University, began the 2020 season in February with excavations of a part of the ancient site known familiarly as “Peet’s Cemetery D.”[3] This section of the Abydos archaeological landscape has seen frequent, multi-purpose use over more than 3500 years, from the Early Dynastic through the … 2013—Focus on the systematic documentation of 2011 looting damage in North Abydos. Thousands of burials lie beneath the desert landscape at Abydos, many in subterranean tombs, others in plain wooden coffins placed in pits in the sand. 1970-1976—Penn-Yale Expedition on hiatus due to security restrictions in Egypt. Once in a while, an elaborate burial comes to light and takes your breath away — like the one we found last week just outside the east corner gateway of the Shunet el-Zebib. 2001-2002—The Expedition begins a major new initiative: the long-term, large-scale, still-ongoing archaeological investigation and architectural conservation of the Shunet el-Zebib—the Second Dynasty cult enclosure of King Khasekhemwy and the only Early Dynastic royal monument still standing at Abydos. The archaeological record of North Abydos spans the entire history of ancient Egypt from predynastic to Late Antique, but the history of Abydos did not end in antiquity. This is the first installment in a series covering the history of exploration at the Second Dynasty cultic enclosure of King Khasekhemwy (c. 2700 BCE) in North Abydos, known today as the Shunet el-Zebib, or simply as the Shuneh. Treatment and research relating to the conservation of leather and skin artifacts Treatment and research relating to the conservation of … 2002-2003—Discovery of the First Dynasty cult enclosure complex of King Aha, accompanied by subsidiary graves for courtiers and retainers, as well as ten donkeys, the oldest complete donkey skeletons found anywhere in the world. Hosted by. Abydos Archaeology: The online journal of the North Abydos Expedition Welcome to Abydos Archaeology: The online journal of the North Abydos Expedition, an archaeological project sponsored jointly by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University and Princeton University Archaeological project at Abydos, Egypt, sponsored by New York University's Institute of Fine Arts and Princeton University Expedition co-directors, Dr. Matthew Douglas Adams (NYUIFA) and Prof. Deborah Vischak (Princeton), and all of us on the North Abydos Expedition team invite you to browse our gallery of fieldwork, team bios, blog, online film series, and social media—and to follow, subscribe, share, and enjoy the archaeology of Abydos with us. The methodology of the project incorporated a strategy aimed at recovering traces of the full range of ancient ritual activities at the site in order to reconstruct the ancient ceremonial landscape of North Abydos and to understand changes in the utilization of the Votive Zone site over time. 1999—Matthew Adams joins IFA as Expedition Field Director. It’s late winter in Egypt, and that means a new field season is underway at North Abydos — and this is a big one! 2017—David O’Connor retires from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and Matthew Adams becomes Expedition Director. Join us as we take you on a tour of the most exciting discoveries and important milestones of the last three decades of excavation and architectural conservation at this 5,000-year-old building — one of the oldest surviving structures in the world. 1995—Expedition Director David O’Connor moves to the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and IFA becomes the main sponsor of the reorganized Penn-Yale-IFA Expedition. By working together over many generations to observe the fallen and scattered remains of a place like this one: the footprint of a small temple built by Ramses II at the northern boundary where the ancient town of Abydos and its chief Temple of Osiris opened onto the desert necropolis. Sameh Iskander and Ogden Goelet, New York University-Friends of the Temple of Ramesses II in Abydos, Ahmose and Tetisheri Project, directed by Dr. Stephen Harvey, Umm el-Qa‘ab: Royal Tombs of the First and Second Dynasties at Abydos, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Abteilung Kairo, Ahmose Tomb Project, directed by Ayman Damarany, Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, South Abydos Tombs Project, directed by Yasser Mahmoud Hussein, Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. 35 Interested. Welcome to Abydos Archaeology, the online journal of the North Abydos Expedition, an archaeological project sponsored jointly by New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts and Princeton University. These seasons marked the beginning of the Expedition’s long-term and still-ongoing exploration of the early royal landscape of North Abydos, which has over the years helped to rewrite the early history of ancient Egypt. These may bring to mind something closer to life on a farm than an excavation, but did you know there is a long history of adapting traditional agricultural tools to archaeology in Egypt? One of the most exciting aspects of this season’s excavations in the Abydos North Cemetery was the discovery of a large number of Second Dynasty seal impressions from the reign of King Khasekhemwy (c. 2700 BCE), builder of the monumental cult enclosure known today as the Shunet el-Zebib. Current IFA Projects at Abydos. About See All. David O'Connor and William Kelly Simpson, co-directors). As a place of pilgrimage to the long vanished Temple of Osiris, it was also the Mecca of ancient Egypt for more than 2,000 years. Far from it, many centuries of life have unfolded in and around the ancient remains of this sacred place, from the time of the pharaohs up to our time. David Bourke O’Connor (born 1938) is a retired Australian-American Egyptologist who primarily worked in the fields of Ancient Egypt and Nubia. Laurel Bestock, The Development of Royal Funerary Cult at Abydos: Two new funerary enclosures from the reign of Aha (2007), Michelle Marlar, The Osiris Temple at Abydos: An archaeological investigation of the architecture and decorative elements of two temple phases (2009). The Institute of Fine Arts is engaged in an ambitious, multi-dimensional, and long-term archaeological research program, under permit from the Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities, to investigate the history of north Abydos, an area the ancient Egyptians viewed as having an extraordinary significance. Presented by … Presented by Dr. Debbie Vischak, Assistant Professor, Princeton University. Excavation is at the heart of all archaeology — it is how we see into the past. We tell the story of Abydos, Egypt and its 5,000-year history through archaeological excavation, site preservation, survey & mapping, collections management, object conservation, educational outreach, and publication. 1977, 1979—Return to Abydos and the “Portal” Temple site, with a focus on the detailed documentation of the Middle Kingdom chapels and investigation of the nature of the pre-Middle Kingdom activity in the area. We present the 5,000-year history of Abydos, Egypt based on … AN EXCLUSIVE PRE-RECORDED PRESENTATION! But any excavation is only as good as the body of knowledge and understanding it supports through documentation, conservation, outreach, and publication. abydos.org. Telephone and electricity installed at the Abydos field house, along with the construction of a specially designed sherd yard for ceramic sorting and analysis. A significant set of artifacts from the Museum’s work at North Abydos came to Philadelphia in the late 1960s, representing some of the last Egyptian material to enter the collection. Get ready for a whole new picture of ancient Egyptian beer making & so much more coming up this field season at Abydos—cheers! Most recently, the Pennsylvania-Yale expedition has worked at the site, from 1967 to 1969, and in 1977, with future seasons planned. Section of a King list from the Temple of Ramesses II from Abydos. Initial documentation and condition assessment undertaken in collaboration with preservation architects William Remsen and Anthony Crosby and structural engineer Conor Power. Education. Construction of the new collections wing at the Abydos field house is completed. In 2018 Princeton University joined the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University to work at the North Abydos concession. The purpose of archaeology is to increase and share knowledge about the human story. The provincial centers of ancient Egypt were vital elements in its political, economic and religious systems and their remains reflect the continually changing pattern of the interaction of national and local influences. Expansion of the Abydos field house, adding new bedrooms, labs, and storage spaces, and, for the first time since its construction in 1967, the house is provided with hot and cold running water, flush toilets, and indoor showers. 2019—Field season resumes architectural conservation and excavation at the Shunet el-Zebib, and opens new research at the Temple of Osiris, beginning with the excavation of the front pylon. Hosted by. This is the first installment in a series covering the history of exploration at the Second Dynasty cultic enclosure of King Khasekhemwy (c. 2700 BCE) in North Abydos, known today as the Shunet el-Zebib, or simply as the Shuneh. 15 Nov + Add to Calendar. The North Cemetery was used for the burial of non-royal individuals from the Middle Kingdom onward. The contents of Abydos Archaeology, including abydos.org web pages, blog, text, logo, and images, are owned and published by the North Abydos Expedition, New York & Princeton. A remote site in the southern Nile Valley, it was the ancestral home of Egypt's first kings, where they built their tombs and funerary monuments. Archaeological project at Abydos, Egypt, sponsored by New York University's Institute of Fine Arts and Princeton University. Sign up to receive updates from our Field Diary directly to your inbox. Read on for an in-depth, conservator’s-eye-view of this exciting find. In this issue of Expedition we have presented some of the recent research of the Penn Museum’s excavations at South Abydos. Community See All. Other event in Oakland, CA by Northern California Chapter, American Research Center in Egypt on Sunday, November 15 2020 with 591 people interested and 58 people going. By: David O'Connor View PDF. Expedition featured in The New Yorker. Jump to. In 1967, David O’Connor, then Curator of the Museum’s Egyptian Section, initiated the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition to Abydos. Presented by Dr. Debbie Vischak, Assistant Professor, Princeton University. My research took place from January to March of 2019 at North Abydos Expedition, this ongoing research project will culminate in an online database of 3D models from the Abydos expedition. Sections of this page. In this issue of Expedition we have presented some of the recent research of the Penn Museum’s excavations at South Abydos. Archaeological research & conservation at Abydos, Egypt • A legacy of fieldwork & heritage preservat... See More. New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts and Princeton University, Penn-Yale Expedition’s first field season at Abydos, Excavation of the area of the “Portal” Temple of Ramesses II, Discovery of a dense area of Middle Kingdom offering chapels under the New Kingdom temple, Return to Abydos and the “Portal” Temple site, over the years helped to rewrite the early history of ancient Egypt, Discovery of a buried royal fleet of fourteen wooden boats dating to Egypt’s First Dynasty, Return to the First Dynasty boat graves discovered in 1991, archaeological investigation and architectural conservation of the Shunet el-Zebib, Discovery of the First Dynasty cult enclosure complex of King Aha, oldest complete donkey skeletons found anywhere in the world, comprehensive investigation of Late Antique occupation of the monument, 2008 Watch List of the World’s 100 Most Endangered Sites, Continuation of conservation and excavation at the Shunet el-Zebib, systematic documentation of 2011 looting damage in North Abydos, Continuation of “Cemetery D” excavations exploring the early Old Kingdom cemetery and the Early Dynastic brewery, archaeology life in quarantine during the global Covid-19 pandemic, Excavations at the Mortuary Complex of Pharaoh Senwosret III, Umm el-Qa‘ab: Royal Tombs of the First and Second Dynasties at Abydos, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University. Abydos Archaeology. In addition to the archaeological area of North Abydos, the greater Abydos site complex also encompasses the archaeological areas of Umm al-Qa‘ab, on the western edge of the low desert, where the kings of Egypt’s first dynasties were buried; the iconic and beautifully decorated New Kingdom temples of Seti I and Ramses II; the funerary complexes of kings Senwosret III and Ahmose in South Abydos; and another expansive cemetery field adjacent to the ancient town, known as the Middle Cemetery. Browse By Issue ; Volume 10; Issue 1; 1967; Abydos A Preliminary Report of the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition, 1967. http://abydos.org/blog/2019/2/19/whats-happening-now-at-abydos-amp-why-is-it-amazing-field-diary-20191-digabydos. 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