Progress has been slow in Meredith east 13 square, but she has had the most spectacular material, most of it 18th dynasty. She is now watching Mohamed, her qufti, remove a brick feature in the west of her trench, after it had been drawn. Mona looks on.

The drawings are now pouring out from several trenches: Monika proudly displays her completion of Maggie’s east square 7 that she has been working on for a week. Sean and Sheri are measuring and drawing the strange and unusual features in Katie’s square east 12 so that some of them can be removed.

The pottery helpers are making my life much easier. There is so much pottery, as ever, that the mats become covered with washed sherds until there is no more room, but Hannah, Sean, and Sheri have been sorting away to help clear the area. Today Darcy joins in. They sort, count, record, and bag; then when I can I do the analyses.

Late in the day, it’s pottery drawing again back at the Amon Hotel on the west. You see Maggie and Darcy discussing their plans for the day, with Allie and Monika already hard at work. Hannah readies her sheet, while Allie checks her work. This is a great group of students, and I am very appreciative!

Tomorrow we are off for a three-day visit to Middle Egypt – Amarna and Beni Hasan, as well as Akhmim and Meir.