Egypt, Baby!
For Corthals Lab Head Minion, Carlos, January 2016 was an exciting month, where he got to breathe (and cough out) pounds of mummy dust.
Dr. C and Carlos went to Egypt to join the awesome University of Brussels team on their excavation site in The Valley of the Nobles, TT29 complex, in El Qurnah, Luxor, Egypt under the direction of Dr. Laurent Bavay, and with: Dra. Anja (Moudira), Garance, Alisee, Dorian, Alexis, Antje, Claire, Ali, Uzman, Abdu, Ramadan, and el Rais of the workers.
When not on-site (7am to 2pm), Carlos had some time to visit the area, and to get a good idea of what 'monumental' truly means!
Here are some of the pix:
Dr. C and Carlos went to Egypt to join the awesome University of Brussels team on their excavation site in The Valley of the Nobles, TT29 complex, in El Qurnah, Luxor, Egypt under the direction of Dr. Laurent Bavay, and with: Dra. Anja (Moudira), Garance, Alisee, Dorian, Alexis, Antje, Claire, Ali, Uzman, Abdu, Ramadan, and el Rais of the workers.
When not on-site (7am to 2pm), Carlos had some time to visit the area, and to get a good idea of what 'monumental' truly means!
Here are some of the pix:
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| Ah, Egypt... |
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| Departure from Brussels Airport with the ULB team, Alisee, Dorian, Garance |
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| Carlos samples the reading onboard EgyptAir |
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| Arrival in Luxor with a bottle of Rum and one of Gin. So: something to declare, yes or no? Decisions, decisions... |
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| At the Marsam |
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| At the Marsam |
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| Home C3 Home |
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| Happy Carlos |
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| Happier Carlos |
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| Because Ramses... |
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| Carlos understanding first-hand what Monumental truly is at Ramses III's Medinet Habu temple |
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| Medinet Habu |
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| Mo-nu-men-tal |
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| Where colors last over 3000 years... |
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| Moon and temple |
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| Sun setting over Qurnah |
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| Dining in style at the Marsam |
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| Dining in style at the Marsam |
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| Uzman, the great! |
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| Dust? Whatchamean dust? |
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| North is that way... |
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| Walking to Deir el-Bahari |
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| Hatshepsut's temple in Deir el-Bahari |
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| Carlos first encounter with the Queen! |
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| The king herself |
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| Horus ever vigilant |
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| Hatshepsut's temple |
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| Hatshepsut's temple |
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| Sun is setting over Deir el-Bahari |
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| Carlos is quick to make new friends... |
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| New friends |
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| Dr. C has the worst cold in the world, which makes the mask an even greater torture |
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| This is NOT the face of happiness... |
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| These are... :) |
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| Dig dig dig the shaft, gently down the tomb... |
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| Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is not so gloom |
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| Abdu is supervising! |
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| Seriously, though, what is this??? |
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| Deir el Medinet: the artisans's village and tombs |
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| Sunrise and balloons over Qurnah/Luxor |
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| Sunrise and balloons over Qurnah/Luxor |
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| Finds are meticulously recorded by best team, Alisee and Alexis |
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| Finds are meticulously recorded by best team, Alisee and Alexis |
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| Pollens and other organics are studied carefully by Dr. Claire Newton, the team's paleobotanist |
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| Excavated rubles are sifted |
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| Moudira Anja is looking for a space to sit, dammit! |
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| New best friends! |
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| Garance refuses to take off the mask until 2pm. |
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| Some beautiful finds |
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| New best friends: Ali gives Carlos a ride to Karnak |
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| The chef has really outdone himself. And Antje is posing as a banana! |
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| Excitement of the military helicopter kind! |
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| Excitement of the military helicopter kind! |
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| Selfie!!!! |
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| Selfie!!!!! |
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| Night falls over the desert |
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| Sunset over el Qurnah |
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| Moudira Anja enjoying her chocolates! |
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| This is, after all, a Belgian archaeological mission. So there! Chocolates! |
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| That floor is Belgian!!! |
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| Tu t'es vu quand t'as bu? |
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| Tu t'es vu quand t'as bu? |
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| Tu t'es vu quand t'as bu? |
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| Carlos wins all around admiration for his food eating (enzymatic in proportion) abilities |
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| Time to go... grumble |
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| The Nile |
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| The Nile |
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| Cairo Airport awesome festivities mashup: a New Year display with an ancient Egyptian offering carrier statue. Awesome! |
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| EgyptAir again... |
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| Last few minutes on Egyptian soil... |
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