I'm back from vacation, and 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 permits.
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| 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, among his many other accomplishments.
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| Scanlon at l., with the 90-year old Creswell |
The tribute also contains several photos, two of which I can't resist reproducing: the one of Scanlon meeting Nasser, above, on the occasion of the 1,000th anniversary of Cairo in 1969, and the one at right from
Al-Musawwar magazine in 1970, showing Scanlon at far left next to another giant of Egyptian art and architecture,
Sir. K.A.C. Creswell, who was discussed here.
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