Egypt
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- New Book: Memphis Under The Ptolemies
What's New in Papyrology Memphis Under the Ptolemies (Second Edition) Dorothy J. Thompson Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, Dorothy Thompson examines the economic life and multicultural...
- Book Review: Ancient Egyptian Literature By John L. Foster
There's a short review of the above book on the About.com website by K. Kris Hirst, from which the following is a brief extract (Book details: John L. Foster (translator). 2001. Ancient Egyptian Literature. University of Texas Press, Austin. 229 pp;...
- Updated Excavation Websites
The following is a list of websites which have been updated this season with news about ongoing excavations: Amheida, Dakhleh Oasis http://www.learn.columbia.edu/amheida/ http://www.learn.columbia.edu/amheida/html/home.html Deir el-Banat, Faiyum DepressionLast...
- Saqqara Dig Diary
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/saqqara/homepage.htmThe University of Leiden's project in Saqqara has been captured again this year in the form of a dig diary at the above address. The team have been working at Saqqara since late January. Saqqara Online...
- Kv 63 Web Links
A round-up of some of the most useful resources for KV63 for those struggling to keep track of the most useful websites. Others will doubtless become available when the excavation has finished and the details become available for official publication....
Egypt
A visit to Memphis and Saqqara in 1897
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"You need a lot of credulity when you go to Egypt, and a superb contempt for anything less than three thousand years old. If you don’t have these, you spoil your holiday by questioning the wonderful stones told by dragomans and you fill your hand-bag with antiques of a mere yesterday. The more one looks about the world, the more disgusted one becomes with the average globe-trotter. When he goes to Egypt – unless he happens to be a mad Egyptologist as well, and burns all the skin off the back of his neck and pants all day long under awnings up at Luxor". The Travellers in Egypt website has been updated, and is currently carrying this very enjoyable article on its home page, written by John Foster Frase and published in The Quiver Magazine in 1897. It is beautifully written and succeeds in bringing Memphis and Saqqara to life as it was in the late 1800s: "Time is a cruel cynic, and Memphis the Glorious is now about as picturesque as a brickfield. Indeed, it is uncommonly like a brickfield."
- New Book: Memphis Under The Ptolemies
What's New in Papyrology Memphis Under the Ptolemies (Second Edition) Dorothy J. Thompson Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, Dorothy Thompson examines the economic life and multicultural...
- Book Review: Ancient Egyptian Literature By John L. Foster
There's a short review of the above book on the About.com website by K. Kris Hirst, from which the following is a brief extract (Book details: John L. Foster (translator). 2001. Ancient Egyptian Literature. University of Texas Press, Austin. 229 pp;...
- Updated Excavation Websites
The following is a list of websites which have been updated this season with news about ongoing excavations: Amheida, Dakhleh Oasis http://www.learn.columbia.edu/amheida/ http://www.learn.columbia.edu/amheida/html/home.html Deir el-Banat, Faiyum DepressionLast...
- Saqqara Dig Diary
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/saqqara/homepage.htmThe University of Leiden's project in Saqqara has been captured again this year in the form of a dig diary at the above address. The team have been working at Saqqara since late January. Saqqara Online...
- Kv 63 Web Links
A round-up of some of the most useful resources for KV63 for those struggling to keep track of the most useful websites. Others will doubtless become available when the excavation has finished and the details become available for official publication....