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We've recently collaborated with Julia Vidile (https://juliavidile.com/) to produce a free interactive game exploring the objects of daily life from Tutankhamun's tomb through the adventures of Mary (an archivist from today) and Mery (an Egyptian priest who lived during Tutankhamun's reign)!

You can find the game here:
https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/for-schools
As always, feedback on our new Spatial Archive and its resources are very welcome! Stay tuned for upcoming content soon!

We are very pleased to announce the completion of the cataloguing of the Traunecker MSS collection on graffiti from the temple of Amun at Karnak. Created by Professor Claude Traunecker between the 1960s and 1990s, this collection is a treasure trove of information on secondary epigraphy from one of the most important ancient Egyptian temple sites.

The full catalogue is now available on the Griffith Institute Archive Online Catalogue: https://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/traunecker-collection

The collection was reorganised, rehoused, and catalogued by Professor Elizabeth Frood with the assistance of Ella Bosworth-Gerbino (UCL).

🖐️ We're hiring! 🖐️We're looking for a part-time archivist to join us the Griffith Institute!

For more details, the job advert can be found on the University of Oxford webpage at: https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/ then 'Search All Jobs', and click 'Asian and Middle Eastern Studies' from the dropdown menu of departments. You can also find the advert here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRN775/griffith-institute-archivist
Please share with anyone that you think might be interested! The deadline to apply is 3rd June 2026.

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We have published a new story today on the new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive, highlighting the invaluable contribution of the Egyptian team members to the excavation! You can read this here: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/stories/egyptian-workforce

We have published a new story today on the new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive. Read and enjoy! https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/stories/most-private-letter-carnarvon

This month we continue to update our new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive with material, including conservation notes - today we published Alfred Lucas's conservation notes from the first season, which you can find here: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/conservation-notes/taa-i212a11-76verso-1st-season-1922-1923
As always, we welcome any feedback!

TAA i.2.12a.1.1–76.verso (1st Season, 1922–1923) Season 1922–23

This month we continue to update our new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive with material, including scientific notes - today we published notes on the second (outermost) sepulchral shrine which you can see here: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/scientific-notes/taa-i325-second-sepulchral-shrine
We hope to have the notes for the third shrine published very soon. As always, we welcome any feedback!

Professors Richard Bruce Parkinson, Elizabeth Frood, and Maren Schentuleit discuss their research and the topics they teach and supervise in Egyptology at the University of Oxford:

Three Egyptologists | University of Oxford Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Follow along with Professor Richard Parkinson, Professor Elizabeth Frood, and Professor Maren Schentuleit as they discuss their research and the topics they ...

We are excited to share another new story, which is now available to read on the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive, this time about the archive as a living network! You can find the story here: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/stories/seeing-archive-living-network-archivists-perspective-tutankhamun-archive

This month we continue to update our new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive with material, including scientific notes - today we published notes on the first (outermost) sepulchral shrine which you can see here: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/scientific-notes/taa-i324-first-outermost-sepulchral-shrine

We hope to have the notes for the second and third shrines published very soon. As always, we welcome any feedback!