Ancient Egypt, 100 years ago

Michael Balter 6/03/2008 05:19:00 AM Culture
One of the most fascinating archaeology blogs, in large part because it stretches the boundaries of that discipline, is Colleen Morgan's Middle Savagery. Colleen is a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, who has worked at Neolithic Catalhoyuk (subject of my book "The Goddess and the Bull") and many other sites.

In her latest post, Colleen tells us that the Brooklyn Museum has begun uploading its old lantern slide collection onto the flickr photo-sharing site, including some old photos taken in Egypt. I have swiped one of the images she features to illustrate this post, but do check out Colleen's blog as well as the Brooklyn Museum images.
Michael Balter

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I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE

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Woody said…
It's interesting to see the sites before they were "cleaned up" for the tourists. Nice set of photos.
June 4, 2008 at 11:02 AM
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