Egypt
- Journal: Azania - Archaeological Research In Africa
Taylor and Francis Volume 47, Issue 2, 2012. All articles available for purchase, but abstracts are free to view. There's an article in this issue about the Western Desert, but Andrew B Smith's article may also be of interest. ...
- Mummy Scan Database To Launch In The Summer
IMPACT Radiological Mummy Database Project Thanks to Dr Andrew Wade for letting me know that there is a project collating mummy scans from around the world. The IMPACT Radiological Mummy Database Project (impactdb.uwo.ca) at the University of Western...
- Uwo 'ground Zero' For Mummy Studies: Researcher
Toronto Sun Two University of Western Ontario researchers have won international grants for their projects, one of which will make the university the "ground zero" of mummy studies. Using CT scans to help him look inside mummies, researcher Andrew Nelson...
- Us Funding Boost For Web-based Archaeology Journal
Yorkshire Post The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded 250,000 US dollars to help York University make academic research material available online. The project will allow researchers to link their work to databases, video, audio and other information...
- Lost And Threatened Languages
The Guardian, UK (Andrew Dalby) Another post which has a lot more irrelevant than relevant stuff, but I thought that it might be of interest. Andrew Dalby is an expert on linguistics and has recently published a book looking at the death of languages...
Egypt
Andrew Sherratt - Obituary
http://tinyurl.com/jbvhz (Ancient Near East.net)
Posted with sincere regret. "British prehistorian, Andrew Sherratt, died Friday afternoon (24 Feb). Andrew had a massive heart attack, and was alone, having just parked his car, when he died. He was apparently unaware of his illness. Plans for a memorial are pending. Andrew was a student of David Clarke’s at Peterhouse College, Cambridge and the long time Assistant Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. He recently had moved to the Department of Archaeology and Prehistory at the University of Sheffield where he held the post of Professor. Andrew’s research was remarkable for its scope. He was interested in the big questions of European prehistory and he addressed them on a continental scale. He is perhaps best known for the concept of a ‘Secondary Products Revolution’, which stressed the critical social and economic transformations that accompanied the exploitation of domestic animals not for meat but for the other products that derived from livestock, such as milk, wool, and traction. Andrew directed the first international collaborative field research project in eastern Hungary and his limitless enthusiasm inspired generations of students to work in East Europe. The current blossoming of archaeological research in Hungary and Eastern Europe can trace its origins to Andrew’s pioneering efforts."
- Journal: Azania - Archaeological Research In Africa
Taylor and Francis Volume 47, Issue 2, 2012. All articles available for purchase, but abstracts are free to view. There's an article in this issue about the Western Desert, but Andrew B Smith's article may also be of interest. ...
- Mummy Scan Database To Launch In The Summer
IMPACT Radiological Mummy Database Project Thanks to Dr Andrew Wade for letting me know that there is a project collating mummy scans from around the world. The IMPACT Radiological Mummy Database Project (impactdb.uwo.ca) at the University of Western...
- Uwo 'ground Zero' For Mummy Studies: Researcher
Toronto Sun Two University of Western Ontario researchers have won international grants for their projects, one of which will make the university the "ground zero" of mummy studies. Using CT scans to help him look inside mummies, researcher Andrew Nelson...
- Us Funding Boost For Web-based Archaeology Journal
Yorkshire Post The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded 250,000 US dollars to help York University make academic research material available online. The project will allow researchers to link their work to databases, video, audio and other information...
- Lost And Threatened Languages
The Guardian, UK (Andrew Dalby) Another post which has a lot more irrelevant than relevant stuff, but I thought that it might be of interest. Andrew Dalby is an expert on linguistics and has recently published a book looking at the death of languages...