![Water – 1](https://blog.griffith.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Eastern_Desert-cropped-470x140.jpg)
Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the first of four looking at water, and focuses on the team’s personal washing arrangements at the Abydos dig-house…
![Christmas cards from Abydos](https://blog.griffith.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1149-Christmas-card-town-Cropped.jpg)
Author: Susan Biddle. This post looks at some of the Christmas cards Myrtle Broome and Amice Calverley made and sent from Abydos to family and…
![Sardic](https://blog.griffith.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1135.2-Sardic-kissing-camel.jpg)
Author: Susan Biddle. This post looks at “Sardic”, the head servant at Abydos, and the extraordinary range of his contributions to the success of the…
![Nannie](https://blog.griffith.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1145-Nannie-in-the-garden.jpg)
Author: Susan Biddle. In this post, learn more about “Nannie” — “a dear old soul [who] looks after us splendidly”. It was in Cairo in…
![Improving and extending the Abydos dig house](https://blog.griffith.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/EGYPT_I_0046-Pendlebury-photo-of-dig-house-cropped-1.jpg)
Author: Susan Biddle. Those who have spent time and effort on DIY home improvements or repairs may enjoy comparing their experiences with the work done…
![The “dig house” at Abydos](https://blog.griffith.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/AB_09_0223-Cropped.jpg)
Author: Susan Biddle. The dig houses at Abydos, from Flinders Petrie’s dig huts to the house Myrtle knew. “The beauty of this place passes description,…