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Writing Archaeological Labour at Qau, Egypt, in the 1920s Cover

Writing Archaeological Labour at Qau, Egypt, in the 1920s

By: Maarten Horn  
Open Access
|May 2024

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Figure 1

LL postcard image of the ‘Tombs of the Kalifs’ in Cairo. Scan by author, private collection.

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Figure 2

LL postcard image of a wedding procession in Egypt. Scan by author, private collection.

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Figure 3

Photograph of Henri Bach and Leslie Starkey in the lower court of Wahka II’s tomb. Scan by author. Private collection of Wendy Slaninka, courtesy of Wendy Slaninka.

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Figure 4

Photograph of Ali es Suefi, Leslie Starkey, and an unidentified Egyptian person on their way to Qau camp. Scan by author. Private collection of Wendy Slaninka, courtesy of Wendy Slaninka.

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Figure 5

Leslie’s written caption on the verso of Figure 4’s photograph. Scan by author. Private collection of Wendy Slaninka, courtesy of Wendy Slaninka.

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Figure 6

Petrie’s plan of Wahka II’s tomb, modified to pinpoint the rock chamber, kitchen, and compound. Original plan published in: William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Antaeopolis: The Tombs of Qau (London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt, Bernard Quaritch, 1930), pl. VI. Modifications have been made by the author.

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Figure 7

Photograph of the ‘general store’ inside the rock chamber of Wahka II’s tomb. Original photographic print (entitled D75: ‘Tomb at Qua used as a living room’) is located in a ring-binder of images used by Margaret Drower in her biography of William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Egypt Exploration Society archives, courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society.

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Figure 8

Photograph of the compound and kitchen in the lower court of Wahka II’s tomb. From Gertrude Caton-Thompson’s photo album, 1924, PMA/WFP1 115/15/2, Petrie Museum archives, courtesy of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, UCL.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bha-704 | Journal eISSN: 2047-6930
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 16, 2023
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Accepted on: Nov 16, 2023
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Published on: May 30, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Maarten Horn, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.