Russian Academy of Sciences Centre for Egyptological Studies, Moscow (CESRAS) & Russian Institute of Egyptology in Cairo (RIEC) |
This site is now being completely rebuilt. Whereas the previous version
was largely a "picture book", the version now under construction will be
of a more educational nature. As the majority of our worldwide visitors do
not have access to important egyptological literature, we are posting full
text web editions of "classic" works from the early days of our science:
Maspero, Smith, Daressey, Brugsch etc., the words of people who were
there when Egyptology was in its childhood, with digitally improved
images of their original black & white plates and marginal comments and
corrections of outdated and incorrect material. An improved navigational
system of links allows instant comparison of equivalent text passages
and images which apply to more than one source. We suggest that new
visitors read the instructions for efficient use of the system which can be
called from the site directory. This project will obviously take much time.
It is "open-end" and will never cease to being augmented with new
material from CESRAS' thousands of original, largely unique, and
growing, photograph archive. We place all of our material in the public
domain. You may download and use any parts of it for non-commercial
purposes.
As before, the site will consist largely of original photographic material
made by CESRAS researchers during the past 14 years in Russian
museums, and naturally in Egypt. You may address any questions
without hesitation to admin@cesras.org and we will give any possible
answers. All questions are valid and will be answered to the best of our
ability as time allows. The early texts are published as .jpg images of
each page, thus allowing you to download only the pages that you need.
Our re-excavation of the "Royal Cache", Theban Tomb 320, between 1998
and 2006 has caused us to collect as much material possible on the 21a
Theban Dynasty (1070-945 BCE), the family dynasty of Pianch pAyanx, the
dynasty of the High Priests of Amun (HPA) in Thebes. This period forms
the central theme of the site. Scroll down.
was largely a "picture book", the version now under construction will be
of a more educational nature. As the majority of our worldwide visitors do
not have access to important egyptological literature, we are posting full
text web editions of "classic" works from the early days of our science:
Maspero, Smith, Daressey, Brugsch etc., the words of people who were
there when Egyptology was in its childhood, with digitally improved
images of their original black & white plates and marginal comments and
corrections of outdated and incorrect material. An improved navigational
system of links allows instant comparison of equivalent text passages
and images which apply to more than one source. We suggest that new
visitors read the instructions for efficient use of the system which can be
called from the site directory. This project will obviously take much time.
It is "open-end" and will never cease to being augmented with new
material from CESRAS' thousands of original, largely unique, and
growing, photograph archive. We place all of our material in the public
domain. You may download and use any parts of it for non-commercial
purposes.
As before, the site will consist largely of original photographic material
made by CESRAS researchers during the past 14 years in Russian
museums, and naturally in Egypt. You may address any questions
without hesitation to admin@cesras.org and we will give any possible
answers. All questions are valid and will be answered to the best of our
ability as time allows. The early texts are published as .jpg images of
each page, thus allowing you to download only the pages that you need.
Our re-excavation of the "Royal Cache", Theban Tomb 320, between 1998
and 2006 has caused us to collect as much material possible on the 21a
Theban Dynasty (1070-945 BCE), the family dynasty of Pianch pAyanx, the
dynasty of the High Priests of Amun (HPA) in Thebes. This period forms
the central theme of the site. Scroll down.
Upper left: mask, outer coffin of the God's Wife of Amun Hmt-nTr n jmnw
Maatkare mAatkAraw, Cairo CG61028. Upper right: Toth writing, inner coffin
of the Chantress Shebty, Cairo JE29711. Below text: the title Hm-nTr-tpy n
jmnw (High Priest of Amun, or simply HPA) from the unique leather
funerary baldachin of Isetemkheb B, Cairo JE26276, a seriously neglected
beautiful element of humankind's heritage which we hope to move,
conserve, and display in the near future.
Edward R. Loring, Research Fellow, CESRAS/RIEC/Moscow,2011; updated 14.01.2012
Maatkare mAatkAraw, Cairo CG61028. Upper right: Toth writing, inner coffin
of the Chantress Shebty, Cairo JE29711. Below text: the title Hm-nTr-tpy n
jmnw (High Priest of Amun, or simply HPA) from the unique leather
funerary baldachin of Isetemkheb B, Cairo JE26276, a seriously neglected
beautiful element of humankind's heritage which we hope to move,
conserve, and display in the near future.
Edward R. Loring, Research Fellow, CESRAS/RIEC/Moscow,2011; updated 14.01.2012
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