De Keersmaecker, R.O. 2005. Travellers’ graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan. IV. Elkab, the rock tombs. –

Abstract

As the title states, this volume is the fourth in a series dedicated to recording inscriptions left by visitors to archaeological sites in Egypt and Sudan. The first volume was dedicated to the Kiosk of Kertassi, the second to the Temples of Semna and Kumma, and the third to Philae’s Kiosk of Trajan. With this work, De Keersmaecker continues the important task of documenting often undervalued texts. The volume spans sixty pages in which the graffiti are organised, their geographic position noted, facsimiles offered, bibliographical information cited and references to graffiti by the same authors at other locations mentioned. When cataloguing the graffiti within the tomb of Paheri fourteen images from the Napoleonic ‘Description de l’Égypte’ are included, along with a plan from Porter and Moss. Among other images, the author includes eleven of his own photographs. Read more...