January 22, 2001

Digging a Storage Jar - 24915 Bytes
Kathy Barbash is digging a large storage jar in their western square behind the Sacred Lake. She has divided the jar in half and is excavating one side down to a packed layer that was partially burned. The jar is about two meters from an east-west mud brick wall.
Confering on Fragments - 20945 Bytes
Richard Fazzini of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Jaap Van Dijk of Gröningen University, and our inspector from the Karnak Temples area, Mr. Ahmed, confer about two limestone fragments turned up in the clearance of old fill in front of the first pylon (or large gateway) at the Mut Temple.

Working on Pottery - 23465 Bytes
Jackie Williamson working on pottery this afternoon. When Jay Van Rensselaer asked her to smile, she did. Could it be because she's thinking of the birthday celebration the students had for her, Violaine Chauvet, and Tammy Krygier? All of their birthdays have been this week!

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Kathy Barbash is digging a large storage jar in their western square behind the Sacred Lake. She has divided the jar in half and is excavating one side down to a packed layer that was partially burned. The jar is about two meters from an east-west mud brick wall.	Richard Fazzini of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Jaap Van Dijk of Gröningen University, and our inspector from the Karnak Temples area, Mr. Ahmed, confer about two limestone fragments turned up in the clearance of old fill in front of the first pylon (or large gateway) at the Mut Temple.
Jackie Williamson working on pottery this afternoon. When Jay Van Rensselaer asked her to smile, she did. Could it be because she's thinking of the birthday celebration the students had for her, Violaine Chauvet, and Tammy Krygier? All of their birthdays have been this week!