Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Digging in the Dirt
The Theban Mapping Project operates one of my favorite websites at kv5.com. Unfortunately, this amazing website has gone without an update for a year now. I emailed Kent Weeks and company to see what was up. Here's Nicole Hansen's reply:
I guess the stuff is going to be there forever, but that doesn't mean we can take our time. There are environmental, social and political factors that can eventually intervene and wreak havoc with archaeological research. I hope they obtain and maintain better funding so they can continue to dig in the dirt for all of us!
We were down to a barebones staff due to departures,
leaves of absence, and budget constraints (no
photographer, no database manager, no architect, no
Egyptologist other than myself whose primary
responsiblity is editing, not writing) for most of the
past year and therefore have been unable to do the
work necessary to prepare a new report and site
update. Most work that has happened has also been
offline in nature (preparing a new guidebook to Luxor,
making plans for a visitor's center in the Valley of
the Kings). However, we are starting to staff up again
and work is progressing toward a new site update with
more imagery, a progress report and updated plans of
KV 5. I can't say when exactly but hopefully soon.
Nicole B. Hansen
Egyptologist/Editor
Theban Mapping Project
I guess the stuff is going to be there forever, but that doesn't mean we can take our time. There are environmental, social and political factors that can eventually intervene and wreak havoc with archaeological research. I hope they obtain and maintain better funding so they can continue to dig in the dirt for all of us!
