by Emma Libonati, Research Associate, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Grenfell and Hunt in the field. Courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society.
A casual perusal of the excavation seasons page or the site guide page of this website will reveal a lot of place names which have the word ‘Faiyum’ in parenthesis.
Stela of Nebuhotep found during the BSAE excavation at Sedment 1920-21 and now in the National Gallery of Victoria.
Petrie’s camp at Sedment where Captain Edward Eustace Miller worked in the 1920-21 season.
Katee in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Over a two-week internship, I attempted to trace the scale of finds distribution from British excavations to Australia and New Zealand between 1880 and 1980 within the context of the larger global distribution network.