EGYPTIAN
ARCHAEOLOGY
Carl shelving the Gebel el-Silsila material, with a framed photograph of Caminos recording scenes in the New Kingdom temple of Buhen
contribution to his current archaeological work at the site. Archive materials often contain information which is is no longer preserved and can only be explored through consultation of these precious records. The site of Gebel el-Silsila is particularly relevant in this respect due to continued erosion and defacement of monuments since the analysis of Caminos and James. By providing a new dedicated research facility to promote access to, and engagement with, our Archive, the Society hopes to increase awareness of the materials preserved and encourage further investigation. After cataloguing the material, the next step will be to make it as widely available as possible and from November 2014 we will be working on the database of the Lucy Gura Archive to make it searchable online. This will be a significant step in facilitating worldwide accessibility and understanding of the materials preserved in the Archive. The Society’s online collections have only just begun, and what lies ahead is an intensive task of digitising and analyzing documents to complete the process in the coming years. We will also continue to encourage access and engagement through the use of social media, such as our Facebook page and our Twitter account, and to increase physical engagement and interaction with the Lucy Gura Archive through a new season of free Access Archive Afternoons. Should you have any questions about the Society’s Archive or wish to book a viewing then please visit our website: www.ees.ac.uk/archive/LGarchive.html, or email: archive@ees.ac.uk. If you would like to support further work in the EES Lucy Gura Archive, please see the leaflet about the 2014-15 Amelia Edwards Projects Awards for details of this year’s fundraising projects.
The writers in the new archival research facility of the EES Lucy Gura Archive, checking recently received field records
Gebel el-Silsila survey that had been on extended loan for the purposes of publication. It seemed apt that this material should be stored in the former home of Caminos in a newly refurbished archival research facility which had previously been his bedroom and bathroom. This refurbishment project was reported in the Society’s Newsletter (issue 11, ‘Bed, Bath and Beyond…’) and progress can be seen in the accompanying photographs. When the archive material, including tracings, rubbings, and field notebooks, arrived they were catalogued and rehoused in their new location where they are now available for consultation by appointment. The Gebel el-Silsila records have recently become the subject of study by Moamen Saad Mohammed, an MSA Inspector at Luxor, who was awarded an EES scholarship in September 2014 ( www. e e s . a c . u k / news/index/268. html ). Moamen’s
research on these archival materials will make a valuable Moamen Saad Mohammed analysing epigraphic rolls from Gebel el-Silsila, of scenes traced by Caminos on behalf of the EES
q Carl Graves is the EES Education and Public Engagement Manager and María Rodríguez Rubín is the Leonardo Da Vinci Intern for the Society’s archive during 2014. The authors would like to thank Hazel Gray for checking an initial version of this article and the Society for allowing them to work with this fantastic resource. Photographs © The Egypt Exploration Society.
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