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The Sahara
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The Sahara
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A mountain in the Sahara
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Todd climbing a stone formation at the Crystal Mountain
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A staircase in our house in the Dakhleh Oasis
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A donkey cart on the way to Mut
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A hot spring in Beit Khalu
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The edge of the Dakhleh Oasis
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Me in Beit Khalu
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Cows grazing in front of the Sahara
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A house in Beit Khalu
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Nihed, our Arabic instructor
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Dov with kids in Beit Khalu
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Me with a relatively intact vessel (courtesy of Irene)
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Me [and Todd] at a site in the Kharga Oasis (courtesy of Irene)
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On our way to a site in the Kharga Oasis (courtesy of Irene)
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Me at the Temple of Douche in Kharga Oasis (courtesy of Irene)
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Me at the Temple of Douche in the Kharga Oasis (courtesy of Irene)
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Me, Eugene, Todd, and a conservator carrying an Ibis bird coffin down from the site
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Tombs in Beit Khalu
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An ancient governor's house in Beit Khalu
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A cross shaped window at an ancient monastery's ruins in Beit Khalu
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A man planting donkey fodder
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The Amheida Pyramid
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An intact Roman vessel we found on the surface at Amheida
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Me in front of the Amheida Pyramid
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Jen with an amphora top
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Painting of Governor Khentika in his tomb at Ain Aseel
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Jen and me in Ain Aseel
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Trekking out into the Sahara to find ancient rock art
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View from the top of a large mountain/hill outside the oasis
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Cache of pottery in a contemporary "harvest village"
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Me after climbing a large mountain/hill outside the oasis
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A large mountain/hill outside the oasis that we had just climbed
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A spring in Mut el-Kharab (old Mut)
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Me digging Area 4.1; AKA the temple
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An ostrakon with demotic script found at Mut el-Kharab
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Irene with children in Bashendi
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Roman coffins in Bashendi
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Jen with children in Bashendi
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Children in the village of Bashendi
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Me uncovering a cache of small vessels at Amheida
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Area 4.1 (The Temple) crew
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Cache of Roman pottery from Qasr Hamed Tulib in the Kharga Oasis
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Some students, Ellen, and Mohammed with freshly found Roman pottery from Qasr Hamed Tulib in Kharga
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Temple of Deir el-Hagar
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Relief and hieroglyphics at the Temple of Deir el-Hagar
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Ancient Greek painting and writing outsite the Temple of Deir el-Hagar
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Mummies in a tomb at El Muzawakka
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Todd and Nick on a hill of tombs at El Muzawakka
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Leigh and Irene on a hill of tombs at El Muzawakka
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A dune just outside Amheida
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Tomb a couple kilometers outside of Amheida
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Modern canal system just outside of Amheida
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Skull a couple kilometers outside of Amheida
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On our way to climb the escarpment
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Todd and Leigh climbing the escarpment
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Nick and me at the top of the escarpment
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Fossilized shell impressions on a rock on our way down the escarpment
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Cows at the bottom of the escarpment
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Mosque and pigeon tower in el-Qasr
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My vessels again
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Here they are right after I took them out of the ground
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Me, Saleh, and Elsbeth
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Our friend Yousef's house in Dakhleh
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A bonfire in the desert in Dakhleh
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Me and Sameh
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Me, Eugene, Todd, and a conservator carrying an Ibis bird coffin down from the site
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Me near the on-site dig house
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Climbing the mountain (courtesy of Irene)
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Me near an altar at Nadora in the Kharga Oasis (courtesy of Irene)
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Pottery at Amheida
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Todd and Jen walking to Ain el-Gazareen
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Just below the plateau of a large mountain/hill outside the oasis
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