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We're delighted to share that all of Howard Carter's archaeological journals for Seasons 1 to 9 have now been published on the new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive! You can find them here:

Journals and diaries Beta launch: Featuring records from the unwrapping of Tutankhamun's mummified body (11–19 November 1925), marking its 100th anniversary. More from the tomb coming soon.

We are delighted to share that Howard Carter's excavation journals for seasons 1, 7, 8 and 9 have now been published on the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive!

Journals and diaries Beta launch: Featuring records from the unwrapping of Tutankhamun's mummified body (11–19 November 1925), marking its 100th anniversary. More from the tomb coming soon.

We'd love to hear your thoughts on the new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive - we have now implemented a feedback form (click on the yellow box on the right hand side named 'Feedback') and are looking forward to learning more about your experiences of the site!

Explore Tutankhamun's tomb through the excavation records of Howard Carter and his team in the 1920s Beta launch: Featuring records from the unwrapping of Tutankhamun's mummified body (11–19 November 1925), marking its 100th anniversary. More from the tomb coming soon.

We are delighted to share that the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive has been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2026 Digital Preservation Awards in the category of The National Archives (UK) Award for Safeguarding the Digital Legacy. (https://www.dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-awards/the-finalists-award-for-safeguarding-the-digital-legacy)

Led by the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, and developed in collaboration with Agile Collective (https://agile.coop/), the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive reimagines one of the world's most important archaeological archives for the digital age. Through a new relational database structure, enhanced metadata, and improved search and discovery tools, the project connects photographs, object cards, diaries, plans, conservation records, and correspondence created during the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb.
The award recognises projects that apply digital preservation tools and principles to protect and sustain access to at-risk digital heritage. We are honoured to be recognised alongside the other outstanding finalists and look forward to meeting the judges in July.

Explore the archive: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/

The stereoscope, a device that creates the illusion of three-dimensional images, was first presented to the Royal Society by Charles Wheatstone on this day in 1838. To mark the anniversary, the Griffith Institute is joining the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy in celebrating the fifth International Stereoscopy Day.
In 2018, the Griffith Institute Archive accessioned a collection of 50 stereoscopic glass positives depicting views of Egypt (c. 1900–1914), together with a handwritten index and a Gaumont stereoscopic viewer, all acquired at auction. The creator of these images remains unknown, and we would be delighted to hear from anyone who may be able to shed light on their origin.
Each slide measures 130 × 60 mm. The collection includes views of Alexandria, Cairo, the pyramids at Giza, Luxor Temple, the Valley of the Kings, and Aswan. Dating from around 1900–1914, these images are unusual because they are transparent black-and-white positives that must be illuminated from behind in order to be viewed. The accompanying Gaumont viewer was designed for exactly this purpose.
Shown here are the viewer and two slides, presented as parallel-view stereo pairs, together with their handwritten descriptions.
For guidance on free-viewing these parallel stereoscopic images on a computer screen, see this tutorial:
https://stereoscopy.blog/2019/08/04/how-to-view-stereoscopic-3-d-images-basic-tutorial/

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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