I'm back from vacation,nd while I hope that my vacation posts on historical subjects have kept you busy, a lot has been happening in the region and I'll be catching up as time permitd.
Scanlon with Nasser, 1969
When archaeologist/art historian George T. Scanlon, the excavator of Fustat, died last month, I linked to several tributes. Let me now link to yet another, a lengthy tribute by Iman R. Abdelfattah at the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) website. Scanlon served twice as Director of ARCE,mong his many other accomplishments.
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