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Egypt > Aswan in general (1 file)

Images in this gallery relate to Aswan in southern Egypt covering the city, the River Nile and related sites except for more important places such as Philae, The Nubian Museum and Seheil Island Rock carvings.
Aswan Souk Butchers EG053079JHP Aswan Souk Bazaar Egyptian butchers shop open air staff customers near the promenade is full of colourful street stalls and shops selling clothing, perfume bottles, spices; toys; leather goods, jewellery as well as all the necessities of common day life for local Egyptians from food, fruit, meat, eggs to all the household wares that any large supermarket would stock. It is probably the most vibrant of all the Egyptian centres street shopping centres as it caters not for the tourist and is always busy as it runs adjacent to the main River Nile waterfront for a mile or so. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Aswan, souk, bazaar, street, trading, traders, shops, butchers, meat, landscape, customers, owner, serving, colours, colors, colourful, colorful, busy, shopping, bargaining

Egypt > Karnak Temple (1 file)

Photos in this gallery include the whole of Karnak itself, the open air museum, temples of Khonsu and Ptah and the Sound and Light Show night images.
Karnak Carved Wall EG074995jhp Court Pylons Wall Reliefs Karnak Temple doorway eighth pylon Roy-Rome priests on the walls in the Court between the seventh and eighth pylons around the doorway into the staircase on the east wing of the Eighth Pylon. On the door lintel are mirror versions of the same person, Roy-Rome, a long serving High Priest to Amun with arms raised in praise but to where a cartouche, now hacked out, would have been. The figures on the right are two priests in linen robes, one of Roy-Rome, the other his son Beknekhonsu offering praise is an extensive area of text which refers to Seti 11. For a detailed description of the Karnak site I recommend the Touregypt.net site and this link will take you onto the site: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/karnak6.htm Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, landscape, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, sandstone, seventh, eighth, pylon, court, doorway, lintel, staircase, blue, door, closed, blocked, hieroglyphs, deep, cut, outer, wall, reliefs, carving, Ramses, 11, Ramasses, Ramesses, Seti, Seti 11, Sethos, tableaux, Amun, Roy-Rome, Roy, Rome, priest, high, son, Becknekhonsu, offering, praising, adoring, text, description, cartouche, erased, damaged, removed

Egypt > Luxor Deir el Medinah (18 files)

The pictures in this gallery are of the worker's village on the west bank of the River Nile at Luxor and the Ptolemaic Temple, the Great Pit and small chapels of Hathor and Amun
Deir el-Medina EG075177jhp Deir al-Madinah Egypt Great pit pile shards broken pots ostraka hut is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, upright, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075176jhp Deir el-Medina Luxor Ancient Egypt heaps pile broken pottery shards pit hole is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075174jhp Deir el-Medina Ancient Egypt great Ostrakon pit bottom empty deep is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, bottom, sand, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075173jhp Deir el-Medina Luxor Egypt Ruin house Roman Great pit mudbrick is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, hut, house, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075172jhp Deir el-Medina Egypt Great Pit Ostrakon hole paths steps deep walls is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075171jhp Deir el-Medina Ancient Egypt pile broken bowls earthenware shards patterns is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075170jhp Deir el-Medina Luxor Ancient Egypt Great Pit shards broken pottery heaps is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075169jhp Deir al-Madinah Luxor Ancient Egyptian broken pile pottery Great Pit hole is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075168jhp Deir el-Medina Ancient Egypt discarded huge heap shards pottery broken is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075166jhp Deir el-Medina Luxor Ancient Egypt hills Great Pit hole dug Graeco-Roman is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, upright, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075165jhp Deir al-Madinah Luxor Ancient Egyptian hole Great pit Theban Hills is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075164jhp Deir el-Medina Luxor Ancient Egyptian Great Pit well hole ostraka waste is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, upright, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075163jhp Deir el-Medina Luxor Ancient Egypt Great pit hole well Ostraka garbage is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075162jhp Deir al-Madinah Luxor Ancient Egypt pit hole well shadows west bank east is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075158jhp Deir el-Medina Luxor Ancient Egypt West bank Ramasseum Great pit view is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, upright, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075157jhp Deir al-Madinah Luxor Ancient Egyptian Great Pit Ostrakon Ramasseum view is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075156jhp Deir el-Medina Luxor Ancient Egypt Hathor Temple Pit West bank view is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, upright, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick
Deir el-Medina EG075155jhp Deir el-Medina Luxor Ancient Egypt great pit ostrakon west bank view is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor lies to the west of Qurnet Murai hill and is the location of a workman's village with the remains of houses, streets, temples and chapels. The workers are known for their work in the Valley tombs which they reached walking over the Theban plateau. Most photographs show the streets, houses, interior with domestic bowls and grinding querns and others a general overview of the village with its tombs and rock tombs to the North West corner. There are also some exquisitely decorated underground tombs of which a couple are included in the entrance ticket. This photo includes the Great Pit, a 60 metre deep excavated hole to access ground water, possibly dug during Graeco-Roman times to save the burdensome carrying of water from sources nearer the Nile. There is the remain of a small building, mudbrick and mud lined, attributed to Roman origin and huge piles of broken shards from drinking pots, urns and other earthenware pottery vessels used for the possible carrying and retention of water, some designs are plain while others have patterns. However there is a suggestion that water was never found either in the Ramasseid period when first attempts are thought to have started and even in the later Ptolemaic times. It did however serve in latter years as a huge tip from which large quantities of ostraka where recovered giving detailed insights to the daily life and skills of the workmen in the nearby village. From the Great Pit are open views eastwards past the Ramasseum, across the fertile agricultural area of the West Bank to the distant pylons of Karnak Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West, Bank, landscape, Great, Pit, ostrakon, ostraka, Ramasseid, Graeco-Roman, Roman, well, hole, huge, deep, dry, house, building, history, antiquity, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, Deir, al-Madinah, el-Medina, Qurnet, Murai, Hill, Qurnat, Sheikh-Abd’el-Qurna, hills, Ramasseum, Karnak, pylons, view, farming, fertile, green, colourful, pottery, pots, bowls, urns, plain, patterns, earthenware, fired, piles, thousands, shards, broken, mudbrick

Egypt > River Nile Cruise & Sites (open collection)

Photographs in this gallery show daily life along the River Nile mainly from the cruises I have undertaken over the past 10 years or so. Sites that border the Nile are included although the major temples visted have their own dedicated sites such as Edfu and Kom Ombo. One of the enjoyments of the Nile cruise is the tranquility of watching 'life go by' usually characterised by the friendliness of those you pass whether boatmen or farm workers as well as seeing wild birds close at hand. The other aspect is the service on the cruiseboats from friendly crews and the chance to relax after hectic and often crowded temple visits.

Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis (10 files)

This gallery contains pictures of the two main sites usually visited together on a day trip south of Cairo - Saqqara with the famous Step Pyramid, a huge necropolis with many tombs and other pyramids and Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt now will an open air museum with the alabaster sphinx and the huge partial statue of Ramasses 11.
Khenu Mastaba Lintel EG02AA88jhp Saqqara Ancient Egyptian mastaba Khenu lintel Unas cartouche hieroglyphs is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Sakkara, Memphis, Bedrashein, necropolis, landscape, Unas, Unis, Wenis, texts, pyramid, causeway, mastaba, tomb, Khenu, carvings, lintel, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, cartouche, false, door, offering, scenes, Nefer, son, Ihy, Simoenas, Queens, Khenut, Nebet, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, carved, columns, open, sunny
Khenu Mastaba False Door EG02AA87jhp Saqqarah Ancient Egyptian mastaba Khenu tomb son Nefer false door is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door which is behind this more inferior one. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Sakkara, Memphis, Bedrashein, necropolis, upright, Unas, Unis, Wenis, texts, pyramid, causeway, mastaba, tomb, Khenu, carvings, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, cartouche, false, door, offering, scenes, Nefer, son, Ihy, Simoenas, Queens, Khenut, Nebet, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, carved, columns, open, sunny
Khenu Mastaba False Door EG02AA86jhp Saqqara Ancient Egypt mastaba Khenu false door plaque offering hieroglyphs is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Sakkara, Memphis, Bedrashein, necropolis, landscape, Unas, Unis, Wenis, texts, pyramid, causeway, mastaba, tomb, Khenu, carvings, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, cartouche, false, door, offering, scene, plaque, Nefer, son, Ihy, Simoenas, Queens, Khenut, Nebet, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, carved, columns, open, sunny
Khenu Mastaba False Door EG02AA85jhp Sakkara Ancient Egyptian mastaba Khenu false door hieroglyphs Unas reign is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Sakkara, Memphis, Bedrashein, necropolis, upright, Unas, Unis, Wenis, texts, pyramid, causeway, mastaba, tomb, Khenu, carvings, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, cartouche, false, door, offering, scenes, Nefer, son, Ihy, Simoenas, Queens, Khenut, Nebet, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, carved, columns, open, sunny
Khenu Mastaba Carvings EG02AA89jhp Saqqarah Ancient Egypt mastaba Khenu son offering table scene hieroglyphics is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Sakkara, Memphis, Bedrashein, necropolis, landscape, Unas, Unis, Wenis, texts, pyramid, causeway, mastaba, tomb, Khenu, sons, wall, reliefs, carvings, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, cartouche, false, door, offering, table, scenes, Nefer, son, Ihy, Simoenas, Queens, Khenut, Nebet, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, carved, columns, open, sunny
Khenu Mastaba Carvings EG02AA84jhp Saqqara Egypt mastaba Khenu son Nefer Unas cartouche hieroglyphs carvings is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Sakkara, Memphis, Bedrashein, necropolis, landscape, Unas, Unis, Wenis, texts, pyramid, causeway, mastaba, tomb, Khenu, carvings, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, cartouche, false, door, offering, scenes, Nefer, son, Ihy, Simoenas, Queens, Khenut, Nebet, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, carved, columns, open, sunny
Khenu Mastaba Carvings EG02AA83jhp Saqqarah Egypt mastaba Khenu son wall reliefs Unas cartouche hieroglyphs is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Sakkara, Memphis, Bedrashein, necropolis, landscape, exterior, Unas, Unis, Wenis, texts, pyramid, causeway, mastaba, tomb, Khenu, wall, deceased, carvings, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, cartouche, false, door, offering, scenes, Nefer, son, Ihy, Simoenas, Queens, Khenut, Nebet, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, carved, columns, open, sunny
Khenu Mastaba Carvings EG02AA81jhp Saqqara Ancient Egyptian mastaba Khenu Unas cartouche hieroglyphics carvings clear is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Sakkara, Memphis, Bedrashein, necropolis, upright, Unas, Unis, Wenis, texts, pyramid, causeway, mastaba, tomb, Khenu, carvings, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, cartouche, symbols, writing, language, nefer, feather, script, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, carved, columns, open, sunny
Khenu Mastaba Carvings EG02AA80jhp Saqqara Egyptian mastaba Khenu Exterior column hieroglyphics carvings reliefs sunny is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Sakkara, Memphis, Bedrashein, necropolis, upright, Unas, Unis, Wenis, texts, pyramid, causeway, mastaba, tomb, Khenu, exterior, columns, carvings, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, cartouche, false, door, offering, scenes, Nefer, son, Ihy, Simoenas, Queens, Khenut, Nebet, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, carved, columns, open, sunny
Khenu Mastaba Carving EG02AA82jhp Saqqara Egyptian mastaba Khenu deceased son offering kilt dress hieroglyphs is located by the causeway and near Pyramid of Unas on the southwest corner near the Step Pyramid and associated with what was the smallest of the pyramids built belonged to Unas, the last King of the 5th Dynasty around 2345BC. There are several other mastabas near the causeway and behind this small one is a large one dedicated to the Queen’s of Unas Khenut and Nebet. Khenu was the son of Nefer, the Inspector of artisans and singers. I could find little information about Khenu and in several reference books/guide books his mastaba is not mentioned. I understand he had two sons called Ihy and Simoenas, one of which appears in the carvings and his mastaba has an excellent example of a false door. There are several cartouches for the King Unas indicating that Khenu and his father served during this period. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Sakkara, Memphis, Bedrashein, necropolis, upright, Unas, Unis, Wenis, texts, pyramid, causeway, mastaba, tomb, Khenu, deceased, kilt, dress, carvings, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, cartouche, false, door, offering, scenes, Nefer, son, Ihy, Simoenas, Queens, Khenut, Nebet, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, carved, columns, open, sunny

Scotland > Deeside Towns and Villages (1 file)

Photos of the main towns and villages along the River Dee from Banchory westwards to Braemar with villages bordering the north and south sides of the river such as Torphins and Tarland to Strachan on the south.
Blackhall Castle Gates xvv1200jhp Banchory Blackhall silver granite gates castle fishing lodge Deeside summer is located just before crossing the road bridge over the River Dee into Banchory coming from the south. This large Deeside town on the River Dee some 18 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. It has always been a main visitor centre either for day trippers from Aberdeen or the usual flow of coaches and other visitors heading from Aberdeen westwards to Braemar and from there south to Perth or north to Inverness. It is also offers a very scenic route southwards over the Cairn O’Mount to Mearns. The gates are all that remains of the castle, demolished after WW2 but now serves as a fishing lodge and entrance to the fishing beat alongside the River Dee on the south bank extending westwards. Although the gates tend to be locked it is not ‘private’ land and should be accessible as a riverside walk in terms of the Land Reform [Scotland] Act 2003. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, River, Dee, Royal, Deeside, landscape, Blackhall, gates, granite, architecture, south, road, trees, fishing, summer, sunshine, grass, green, leaves, foliage, lodge, 2010, June, Nikon, D700, DSLR, digital

Scotland > Historic Properties (1 file)

This gallery has photographs of Scottish Castles and Fortresses, Stately Homes and Gardens, old churches or kirks and includes most of the following:
Auchindoir Church; Auchindoun Castle; Balmoral Castle; Balvenie Castle; Bass of Inverurie; Bellabeg Motte; Braemar Castle; Brodie Castle; Castle Fraser; Corgarff Castle; Corrichie Monument; Corse O’Neil Castle; Craigellachie Bridge; Crathes Castle; Crathie Kirk; Dalgetie Castle; Deer Abbey; Drum Castle; Duff House; Duffus Castle; Dunnideer; Dunnottar Castle; Elgin Cathedral; Esslemont Castle; Fasque House; Fetternear House; Findlater; Fordyce; Fyvie Castle; Gairnshiel Bridge; Glenbuchat Castle; Haddo House; Hallforest Castle; Huntly Castle; Inchdrewer Castle; Invercauld Bridge O’Dee; Kildrummy Castle; Kincardine O’Neil Kirk; Kindrochit Castle; Kinloss Abbey; Kinneff Church; Knock Castle; Leith Hall; Mar Lodge; Marnoch Kirkyard; Mid Mar Kirk; Monymusk Kirk; Peel of Lumphanan; Pitmedden Gardens; Pluscarden Priory or Abbey; Ruthven Barracks; Slains Castle; Tolquhon Castle; Tullich Kirk; Fort George;
Kinneff Kirk fgh2136jhp Kinneff Church Mearns Aberdeenshire Scottish Reverend Grainger Memorial interior has its famous claim to Scottish History as the hiding place for eight years of the Scottish Regalia spirited away by Mrs Grainger, the Minister wife, or one of her serving maids from Dunnottar Castle. They were saved thus from the clutches of Cromwell’s troops in 1652 during the siege of the castle when his troops were attacking the Scottish Royalist troops loyal to Charles 11. The current church was rebuilt in 1738 on the site of the original one consecrated in 1242. The North aisle and staircase were added in 1876. The bell dates from 1679 and came from Rotterdam. 17th century wall tablets in the church commemorate Sir George Ogilvy of Barras who was Governor of Dunnottar Castle during the siege and who organised the smuggling of the regalia out of the castle. On a personal note, I had the privilege of photographing a re-enactment of what is thought to be how it was done for the current coloured version of the Dunnottar Castle Guidebook. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Mearns, Catterline, Kinneff, Old, Parish, Church, Kirk, interior, inside, windows, landscape, summer, Historic, history, Crown, Jewels, Regalia, buried, hidden, Cromwell, Covenanters, Dunnottar, Castle, siege, 1652, Ogilvy, Grainger, Minister, wife, saved, early, church, consecrated, 1242, 17th, century, wall, tablets, Barras, governor, pews, wooden, harled, kirkyard, tombstones, Manse, trees, coast, belfry, Dutch, bell

Scotland > Rivers, Glens & Lochs (18 files)

The gallery has photographs of Scottish lochs, glens and pictures associated directly with particular rivers in Scotland such as the River Dee, Don, Feugh, Urie, Deveron, Tanar, Dye, and Glen of Dee, Glen Muick and Glenbuchat.
Glen Dye Spring bnm7010jhp Glen Dye Charr Burn gorse yellow spring Scottish Aberdeenshire summer May taken on the Cairn O’Mount stretch of road just before the steep hill down to the Spital Brig, looking across to the Charr Burn and a very typical part of the grouse and deer moorland and forestry Glen Dye estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns. The road crosses over the moorlands peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with a viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile Howe of Mearns plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the very narrow single lane Spital Brig is an old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. The small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, road, B974, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, upright spring, summer, gorse, yellow, flowers, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2017, 3rd, May, sunshine, sunny, blue, sky, bright, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye Spring bnm7008jhp Glen Dye Clachnaben tor hill gorse summer heather Scotland cirrus Aberdeenshire Charr taken on the Cairn O’Mount stretch of road just before the steep hill down to the Spital Brig, looking across to the Charr Burn and a very typical part of the grouse and deer moorland and forestry Glen Dye estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns. The road crosses over the moorlands peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with a viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile Howe of Mearns plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the very narrow single lane Spital Brig is an old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. The small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, road, B974, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, spring, summer, gorse, yellow, flowers, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2017, 3rd, May, sunshine, sunny, blue, sky, cirrus, clouds, bright, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye Spring bnm7006jhp Glen Dye Charr spring Cairn O'Mount road gorse moorland hills trees Scottish Aberdeenshire summer Charr taken on the Cairn O’Mount stretch of road just before the steep hill down to the Spital Brig, looking across to the Charr Burn and a very typical part of the grouse and deer moorland and forestry Glen Dye estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns. The road crosses over the moorlands peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with a viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile Howe of Mearns plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the very narrow single lane Spital Brig is an old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. The small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, road, B974, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, spring, summer, gorse, yellow, flowers, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2017, 3rd, May, sunshine, sunny, blue, sky, bright, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye Spring bnm7005jhp Clachnaben tor hilltop trees Scottish Aberdeenshire spring summer Charr taken on the Cairn O’Mount stretch of road just before the steep hill down to the Spital Brig, looking across to the Charr Burn and a very typical part of the grouse and deer moorland and forestry Glen Dye estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns. The road crosses over the moorlands peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with a viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile Howe of Mearns plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the very narrow single lane Spital Brig is an old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. The small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, road, B974, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, spring, summer, gorse, yellow, flowers, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, track, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2017, 3rd, May, sunshine, sunny, blue, sky, bright, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye bnm4254jhp Glen Dye Spital road bridge narrow hills forest moorland Scotland summer Aberdeenshire sunny taken near the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, summer, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2016, July, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye bnm4253jhp Glen Dye Spital ruin hills Scotland summer forest white clouds sunny taken over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, summer, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2016, July, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye bnm4252jhp Glen Dye Spittal ruin hills trees Scottish Aberdeenshire cirrus clouds sunny taken over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, upright, summer, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2016, July, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye bnm4251jhp Glen Dye Spital ruin hills trees Scotland summer Aberdeenshire cirrus clouds sunny taken over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, summer, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2016, July, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye bnm2710jhp Glen Dye Charr water hills moors Scotland Aberdeenshire Spring April snow taken just above the Spital Bridge looking westwards along part of this typical moorland and forestry estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns crossed over the highland peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, spring, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2016, April, Snow, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Clachnaben bnm2709jhp Glen Dye Clachnaben tor hilltop Scottish Aberdeenshire Spring April snow taken just above the Spital Bridge part of a typical moorland and forestry estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns crossed over the highland peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, spring, snow, white, clouds, blue, sky, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2016, April, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye Forest bnm3015jhp Glen Dye Clachnaben larch trees fresh May spring vibrant green Scotland Aberdeenshire taken near Heatheryhaugh part of a typical moorland and forestry estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns crossed over the highland peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, spring, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2016, May, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye Forest bnm3014jhp Glen Dye Clachnaben tor hilltop larch trees green Scottish Aberdeenshire Spring taken near Heatheryhaugh part of a typical moorland and forestry estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns crossed over the highland peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, upright, spring, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2016, May, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye Forest bnm3012jhp Glen Dye Clachnaben tor hill larch trees fresh spring green Scottish Aberdeenshire taken near Heatheryhaugh part of a typical moorland and forestry estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns crossed over the highland peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, spring, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, green, fresh, vibrant, pine, grass, walking, wild, 2016, May, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye Spring bnm2535jhp Glen Dye Spital bridge burn water Cairn O'Mount road snow spring sunny Scotland Aberdeenshire burn taken near Heatheryhaugh part of a typical moorland and forestry estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns crossed over the highland peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, summer, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, pine, heather, grass, walking, wild, 2016, April, snow, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye Spring bnm2534jhp Glen Dye Spital ruined inn drove roads snow spring sunny Scotland Aberdeenshire burn taken near Heatheryhaugh part of a typical moorland and forestry estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns crossed over the highland peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, upright, summer, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, pine, heather, grass, walking, wild, 2016, April, snow, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye Spring bnm2533jhp Glen Dye Spital ruin snow spring forest hills Scottish Aberdeenshire burn taken near Heatheryhaugh part of a typical moorland and forestry estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns crossed over the highland peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, summer, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, pine, heather, grass, walking, wild, 2016, April, snow, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye Spring bnm2531jhp Glen Dye Spittal ruined hospital snow April spring forest hills Scottish Aberdeenshire burn taken near Heatheryhaugh part of a typical moorland and forestry estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns crossed over the highland peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, upright, summer, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, pine, heather, grass, walking, wild, 2016, April, snow, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700
Glen Dye Spring bnm2530jhp Glen Dye Spital ruin hostelry snow winter scene spring sunshine Scotland Aberdeenshire burn taken near Heatheryhaugh part of a typical moorland and forestry estate located between Banchory on Royal Deeside and Fettercairn in Mearns crossed over the highland peaking at the Cairn O’Mount with viewpoint for views southwards to the coast near Montrose and the whole of the flat fertile plain south as far as Dundee. Looking over the old ruin by the Spital Burn which once was a ‘Spital’ or Hospital, a hostel for weary travellers either crossing the Cairn drove road or herdsmen moving cattle south to the Lowland Markets. The area had a reputation for robbers or highway men but after the railways took the main livestock to markets droving died out as did horse travelling and the roadside inn fell into ruin. Next to the Spital is a small single lane single arch bridge which has never been widened so is not liked by log lorries or coaches. There is a ruin on the other side of the Cairn O’Mount just above the Clatterin Brig which served a similar purpose and my Grandmother told me she had stayed in that hostelry when she and her new husband travelled on horse and trap from Montrose to Banchory in the late 1800’s. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Fettercairn, Mearns, Royal, Deeside, Glen Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, Clachnaben, hill, Heatheryhaugh, landscape, summer, water, Dye, Spital, Spittal, Charr, burn, ruin, hospital, hostel, hotel, inn, bridge, bracken, rocks, tor, rocky, outcrop, trees, moorland, forest, larch, pine, heather, grass, walking, wild, 2016, April, snow, sunshine, sunny, digital, camera, DSLR, Nikon, D700

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