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My Advent 4211C - a brief review
I bought this netbook in November 2008 and I must say that I am very impressed with it! In fact, I am writing this little text on it right now. The specifications are as follows: - Intel Atom processor...
View ArticleEgypt!!!
I flew to Cairo from London Heathrow on Sunday, March 15, in fact exactly one week ago. Arriving rather late in the afternoon, there was not much time left to do lots, so I went to my Pension ,...
View ArticleAmarna, Elephantine and Luxor
I am writing from Luxor this time where I intend to stay until the day after tomorrow, before I go back to Cairo. Will probably take the day-train, just to see some more of the country and to make sure...
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The Moth
A few shots (with my mobile phone camera) of a giant moth I came across recently. I was rather surprised to see a moth of that size and appearance in the North of England...If anybody has an idea what...
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Website of the week!
Explore the Uluburun Shipwreck - this website has an interactive plan of the wreck with links to object photos - great fun!
View ArticleGurob Harem Palace Project Website
As previously mentioned, I spent most of April 2009 working at Gurob in the Fayum. The project now has a website which is coming along nicely. Read about past and present work and take a look at the...
View ArticleProblems with Ubuntu 9.10 on my Advent Netbook
I upgraded my Advent 4211c (or MSI wind u100) netbook from 8.10 to 9.04 last night which seemed to have worked fine. Then I decided to upgrade it to 9.10 and now several features have stopped working:-...
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Survey and GIS Manual
I announce the release of the Survey and GIS manual produced at Oxford Archaeology North during the last few months after development of new on-site survey and GIS methodologies applicable to any...
View ArticleGIS and Survey Manual on gvSIG website
The GIS and Survey manual has now also been made public on the gvSIG Community Contributions website! :-)
View ArticleMalqata Blog
This is the blog accompanying the current survey work at the New Kingdom Palace site of Malqata (Luxor, Westbank,reign of Amenhotep III) undertaken by the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University...
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Second Edition of Survey and GIS Manual available!
I have been working on an updated version of the Survey and GIS manual and am now pleased to announce that it's ready!It can be downloaded here.The same four versions exist as before, now using the...
View ArticleRoadtrip! or Escaping Cairo...
Dan, my colleague from Gurob, and I, arrived back in Liverpool at 4am on Tuesday morning after leaving Cairo on Saturday. The extreme delay is due to the volcanic ashes spreading over Europe from...
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Sabine Hodgkinson
My mother, Sabine Hodgkinson, nee Goos, passed away on November 7th 2009 after long illness.I will be running a Race for Life at Sefton Park, Liverpool on Sunday, July 18th 2010 in Mum's memory. I...
View ArticleCommerce and Economy in Ancient Egypt - conference publication
I have taken the details from my friend Marsia's blog. Marsia had also published a report on this conference, which took place in Budapest in September 2009.My own paper on "High-status Industries in...
View ArticlegvSIG case study
A case study, demonstrating the successful use of open source desktop GIS software gvSIG has recently been made available online on the gvSIG case studies website.This study discusses how the gvSIG OA...
View ArticleGuide: Helmert (two-point) transformation in Quantum GIS
I have written a quick guide on using the Helmert georeferencing method in Quantum GIS. The summary can be read below and you can download it from here.A big thanks to Conan Parsons (Oxford Archéologie...
View ArticleCurrent Research in Egyptology 2009: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual...
The tenth annual Current Research in Egyptology conference was held at the University of Liverpool in January 2009 and welcomed Egyptology graduates from all over the world. (Oxbow Books 2011)The...
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Running for Japan
On May 8th 2011 I will be running the Liverpool Women's 10k in order to raise money for the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal. This is a very important cause and I am hoping to raise as much as...
View ArticleThe British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal - how to fundraise
As I already wrote in the previous post, I will be running the Liverpool Women's 10k THIS SUNDAY in order to raise funds for the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.Using the Justgiving.com website...
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Gurob Harem Palace Project Conference 2011
A conference on our fieldwork at Gurob was held November 4th and 5th at UCL, London to discuss recent fieldwork results of the Gurob Harem Palace Project and raise funds for future seasons. I have...
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Gurob Harem Palace Project Conference - part 2
The conference report, written by Birgit Schoer, is now online! Please have a look at the Project website!I have furthermore uploaded some more photos from the event to a Picasa album! I hope you enjoy...
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Total Open Station (TOPS) 0.3 Released
A new edition of the open source software for the downloading and processing of archaeological survey data has been released today!TOPS runs on any operating system, including mobile platforms like...
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Sponsor Anna - Running for Gurob Fieldwork
On 12 February 2012 I will be running the Southport Maddog 10k in order to raise funds for the 2012 Gurob Harem Palace project's fieldwork season. I would be extremely grateful for your sponsorship!
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Hannah's Egypt photos
The Colossi of Memnon by Hannah PethenMy friend, fellow PhD student and team member at Gurob, Hannah Pethen, has recently uploaded a vast amount of fantastic photos to her Flickr photo stream.These...
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The 2012 Gurob Harem Palace Project Conference
The 2012 Gurob Harem Palace Project Conference, which was organised jointly with the University of Liverpool Ancient Worlds Summer School, took place at the University of Liverpool on Sunday 29 July...
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