Papers by Deborah Darnell
Antiquity, 2001
The Gebel el-Asr Project was set up to examine hard-stone quarrying at the very limits of the ear... more The Gebel el-Asr Project was set up to examine hard-stone quarrying at the very limits of the early Egyptians' logistical, technological and organizational skills, in the Old and Middle Kingdoms (c. 2686-1650 BC). This region is under threat from a new road to Gebel Uweinat and ...
in: The First Cataract of the Nile: One Region - Diverse Perspectives (SDAIK 36), D. Raue et al., eds., 2013
J.C. Moreno Garcia, ed., Ancient Egyptian Administration, Handbuch der Orientalistik (Leiden and New York, 2013), pp. 785-830
R. Cappers, ed., Fields of Change: Progress in African Archaeobotany, Groningen Archaeological Studies 5 (Groningen, 2007), pp. 127-138
with the assistance of D. Darnell, in H. Riemer and F. Förster, eds., Desert Road Archaeology in Ancient Egypt and Beyond, Africa Praehistorica 27 (Cologne: Heinrich Barth Institut), pp. 221-263
Egypt and Nubia. Gifts of the Desert, Jan 1, 2002
Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Jan 1, 1997
NORTH of Qurna is an ancient caravan route, in use from predynastic times through the Middle Ages... more NORTH of Qurna is an ancient caravan route, in use from predynastic times through the Middle Ages, which especially flourished from the late Sixth Dynasty through the Ramesside period. The track, leading from Western Thebes towards Hou on the other side of the great Qena ...
Monographs by Deborah Darnell
From the Preface & Introduction by J.C. & D. Darnell:
"In many ways the Western Desert may be sa... more From the Preface & Introduction by J.C. & D. Darnell:
"In many ways the Western Desert may be said to be the final frontier of Egyptology. ... The degree to which the ancient Egyptians controlled the Western Desert has never been fully explored, and the impact of the Saharan peoples on Egypt is not fully understood, especially during its formative period. ... With this in mind, the Theban Desert Road Survey has undertaken an investigation of ancient Egyptian roads in the Western Desert. ..."
This volume publishes forty-five inscriptions from Gebel Tjauti and forty-five inscriptions from the Wadi el-Hol, two major concentrations of rock inscriptions and rock art on pharaonic caravan routes of the Egyptian Western Desert.
Abstracts, MSS by Deborah Darnell
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Monographs by Deborah Darnell
"In many ways the Western Desert may be said to be the final frontier of Egyptology. ... The degree to which the ancient Egyptians controlled the Western Desert has never been fully explored, and the impact of the Saharan peoples on Egypt is not fully understood, especially during its formative period. ... With this in mind, the Theban Desert Road Survey has undertaken an investigation of ancient Egyptian roads in the Western Desert. ..."
This volume publishes forty-five inscriptions from Gebel Tjauti and forty-five inscriptions from the Wadi el-Hol, two major concentrations of rock inscriptions and rock art on pharaonic caravan routes of the Egyptian Western Desert.
Abstracts, MSS by Deborah Darnell
HALAZUNI by Deborah Darnell
In the News by Deborah Darnell
Social Media by Deborah Darnell
Film and TV by Deborah Darnell
"In many ways the Western Desert may be said to be the final frontier of Egyptology. ... The degree to which the ancient Egyptians controlled the Western Desert has never been fully explored, and the impact of the Saharan peoples on Egypt is not fully understood, especially during its formative period. ... With this in mind, the Theban Desert Road Survey has undertaken an investigation of ancient Egyptian roads in the Western Desert. ..."
This volume publishes forty-five inscriptions from Gebel Tjauti and forty-five inscriptions from the Wadi el-Hol, two major concentrations of rock inscriptions and rock art on pharaonic caravan routes of the Egyptian Western Desert.