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Current World Archaeology 23, June 2007

Current World Archaeology

The Current Archaeology website has been revamped. This means that at long last the details for the June 2007 issue of Current World Archaeology is now available on the site. I have no idea whether or not a new issue has been published since. Amongst the articles was one on Egypt:

CWA 23 was published in June 2007 and contained articles on the nature of what an Egyptian harem was and what its job was in light of new findings at Gurob. . . .
As far back as Ancient Egyptian texts extend, the royal harem has been mentioned as an important economic institution, however the actual role of the harem and what their private quarters looked like could only be speculated. Now, however, Egyptologists believe they have found a harem intact at Gurob. A collection of pottery and some epigraphical evidence is shedding light on the duties of this little known clique in Ancient Egypt.
A stele of a "deputy of the harem" shows that there was a role for men in these bureaucratic bodies.
Vitrified glass is evidence of the harem as a place for craft production not just administration.

You will have to get hold of the print version to read more.

- Follow The Gurob Excavation
Gurob Harem Palace Blog The main area of settlement remains at the site can be clearly identified as the remains of an independent establishment relating to royal women (a 'harem-palace'), founded in the reign of Thutmose III (1479-1425...

- Photo For Today - Medinet Habu
High Gate of Ramesses III, with rooms above the entrance used during royal visits by the women of the harem. The light was all wrong for this photo, which fails to show the excellent relief carvings. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...

- Gurob Harem Palace Website
Gurob Harem Palace Project Thanks to the Friends of the Petrie newsletter I found that there's another excavation website that I hadn't know about before. The Gurob Harem Palace Project looking at both urban and funerary remains at Medinet el...

- Egypt's Ancient Glass
Current World Archaeology Current World Archaeology Magazine has posted a table of contents for its current issue, which includes a paragraph describing an article on ancient Egyptian glass at Amarna: Egyptian glass is among the finest of the ancient...

- Egyptologist Discovers Ancient Gossip
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050808/egyptgossip.html "Ancient Egyptians gossiped about a bald queen, royals who had affairs, missing bodies, homosexuality, harem intrigue and more, according to a noted Egyptologist. Lisa Schwappach-Shirriff,...

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