Egypt
- Recent Finds From Abydos
WAMC Radio recording (audio file) In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner of the University of Toronto reveals some recent finds from an archaeological excavation in Abydos, Egypt. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner is Assistant Professor of...
- Abydos Finds Include Hatshepsut In Female Form
With photo. This story was out and about a few weeks ago but I hadn't seen the photo before of the wooden statuette before (in the New Scientist article). Ahram Online (Nevine el-Aref) With photos. A team of archeologists from Toronto...
- Conference Report: Racy Poetry From The Amarna Period
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) Short article about love and sex in Amarna poetry as presented by Vincent Tobin at the recent Toronto conference. One of the most unusual presentations on Egyptology that I’ve seen in awhile took place at the Egypt symposium...
- Conference Report: Of Dogs And Men
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) Beverley Miles, a doctoral candidate at MacQuarie University in Australia, has been researching the relationship that dogs and humans had – during the time that the pyramids were built. She presented her results at an Egyptology...
- Expedition Magazine - Summer Issue
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/Zine/48.2.shtmlExpedition's summer edition (Volume 48, Number 2, Summer 2006). Highlighted items are available on the website, in PDF format. Others are not available online. DepartmentsFrom the Editor From the DirectorMeet...
Egypt
Animal mummies, statue (of Hatshepsut?) and other objects found at Abydos
Live Science (Owen Jarus)
Thanks to Owen Jarus for sending me the above link.A wealth of new discoveries, from animal mummies linked to the jackal god and human remains to an enigmatic statue, are revealing the secrets of an ancient holy place in Egypt once known as the "Terrace of the Great God."
The mysterious wooden statue may be a representation of Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh who ruled the land 3,500 years ago, the researchers say. She was typically portrayed as a man in statues, but this one, giving a nod to femininity, had a petite waist.
The discoveries were made during one field season this past summer by a team led by Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner, director of the excavation and a professor at the University of Toronto. The findings offer insight into Abydos, a site that was considered a holy place, Pouls Wegner said at a recent meeting of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities in Toronto, Canada.
- Recent Finds From Abydos
WAMC Radio recording (audio file) In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner of the University of Toronto reveals some recent finds from an archaeological excavation in Abydos, Egypt. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner is Assistant Professor of...
- Abydos Finds Include Hatshepsut In Female Form
With photo. This story was out and about a few weeks ago but I hadn't seen the photo before of the wooden statuette before (in the New Scientist article). Ahram Online (Nevine el-Aref) With photos. A team of archeologists from Toronto...
- Conference Report: Racy Poetry From The Amarna Period
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) Short article about love and sex in Amarna poetry as presented by Vincent Tobin at the recent Toronto conference. One of the most unusual presentations on Egyptology that I’ve seen in awhile took place at the Egypt symposium...
- Conference Report: Of Dogs And Men
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) Beverley Miles, a doctoral candidate at MacQuarie University in Australia, has been researching the relationship that dogs and humans had – during the time that the pyramids were built. She presented her results at an Egyptology...
- Expedition Magazine - Summer Issue
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/Zine/48.2.shtmlExpedition's summer edition (Volume 48, Number 2, Summer 2006). Highlighted items are available on the website, in PDF format. Others are not available online. DepartmentsFrom the Editor From the DirectorMeet...