This volume, part of the wider EES publications on the site of Gebel el-Silsila, covers the results of the 1983 season at nearby Wadi Shatt el-Rigal, famous for its abundance of epigraphic records from the late Eleventh Dynasty. The reason for their presence in this remote site has remained an intriguing problem that has been much debated. Besides the three well-known royal reliefs of Mentuhotep II and Mentuhotep III, the mission under Ricardo Caminos and assisted by Jurgen Osing documented more than 800 inscriptions and rock-drawings, which until now have remained only partially published. Follow-up work in 2004 has allowed for checks on the previous work, which can now be made fully accessible.

The volume publishes the epigraphical records from Wadi Shatt el-Rigal collected by the 1983 mission of the Egypt Exploration Society under Ricardo Caminos and Jurgen Osing, documenting more than 800 inscriptions and rock-drawings.

About the Author
Ricardo Augusto Caminos studied Egyptology at Oxford University and the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute. He worked on number of Egyptian and Sudanese excavations and held teaching positions at a number of universities in the USA and the Soviet Union. His field of specialisation was hieratic palaeography and epigraphy, working on Egypt Exploration Society missions at Gebel el-Silsila, Qasr Ibrim, Buhen and Semna-Kumma. He was also involved in the archaeological rescue campaign prompted by the construction of the Aswan Dam. He died in 1992. Jurgen Osing was Professor of Egyptology at the University of Bonn from 1982 until 1991, afterwards at the Free University Berlin until his retirement.


Book Information
ISBN 9780856982446
Author Ricardo A. Caminos
Format Paperback
Page Count 250
Imprint Egypt Exploration Society
Publisher Egypt Exploration Society
Weight(grams) 878g