Egypt
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/11/01_papyri.shtml
- The Ramesseum Papyri
The British Museum Blog With photos. For many years before joining the British Museum as a curator in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, my life was tied up with the so-called ‘Ramesseum papyri’: a library of ancient Egyptian papyri that...
- Conserving Egypt’s Past At The Hearst
Berkeleyside (Lance Knobel) I’ve always found small exhibitions far better experiences than blockbusters. You generally don’t need to jostle with the crowds and you can concentrate on understanding a few objects, rather than be overwhelmed by hundreds....
- New Book: The Language Of The Papyri
Oxford University Press The Language of the Papyri Edited by T. V. Evans and D. D. Obbink The modern rediscovery of the Greek and Latin papyri from Egypt has transformed our knowledge of the ancient world. We cannot, however, make the same claim in the...
- Mysteries Of Ancient Egyptian Papyri Revealed
http://nn.byu.edu/story.cfm/63063Thanks very much to Chris Townsend for this article from 14th February, which I missed:"Three BYU professors have uncovered mysteries in ancient Egyptian writings aided by new technology that allows people to see inscriptions...
- Tebtunis Papyri Returned To Bancroft Library
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/10/18_tebtunis.shtmlAn article about returning items held temporarily by Oxford University to the University of California, Berkley, and reuniting a sequence of papyrii that have been separated since the...
Egypt
Egyptian papyri arrive on campus
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/11/01_papyri.shtml
A rather nice piece from UC Berkeley looking at the arrival of a set of Reisner's Middle Kingdom papyri at Berkeley. The article gives details about the content of the papyri, Reisner's role in their aquisition, and some background to their travels: "Ancient papyri from an Egyptian excavation conducted for the University of California, Berkeley, more than a century ago have arrived on campus after a circuitous journey worthy of a mystery novel, campus officials announced at a new conference today (Wednesday, Nov. 1).
Following their discovery in Egypt, the papyri were sent to a German conservator, hidden in Berlin during World War II, concealed from East Germans intent on seizing them, smuggled to West Berlin and stashed in a shop, and stored in Switzerland. One roll was shipped to Boston in the 1930s, but the others remained hidden until the 1960s, when they, too, were shipped to Boston. They remained there until just a few weeks ago.
Four large rolls of the papyri found resting atop an Egyptian coffin during archaeologist George A. Reisner's 1901-1904 dig at Naga ed-Deir near the Upper Nile Valley arrived recently at UC Berkeley's Center for the Tebtunis Papyri in The Bancroft Library."
Following their discovery in Egypt, the papyri were sent to a German conservator, hidden in Berlin during World War II, concealed from East Germans intent on seizing them, smuggled to West Berlin and stashed in a shop, and stored in Switzerland. One roll was shipped to Boston in the 1930s, but the others remained hidden until the 1960s, when they, too, were shipped to Boston. They remained there until just a few weeks ago.
Four large rolls of the papyri found resting atop an Egyptian coffin during archaeologist George A. Reisner's 1901-1904 dig at Naga ed-Deir near the Upper Nile Valley arrived recently at UC Berkeley's Center for the Tebtunis Papyri in The Bancroft Library."
See the above page for the full story.
- The Ramesseum Papyri
The British Museum Blog With photos. For many years before joining the British Museum as a curator in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, my life was tied up with the so-called ‘Ramesseum papyri’: a library of ancient Egyptian papyri that...
- Conserving Egypt’s Past At The Hearst
Berkeleyside (Lance Knobel) I’ve always found small exhibitions far better experiences than blockbusters. You generally don’t need to jostle with the crowds and you can concentrate on understanding a few objects, rather than be overwhelmed by hundreds....
- New Book: The Language Of The Papyri
Oxford University Press The Language of the Papyri Edited by T. V. Evans and D. D. Obbink The modern rediscovery of the Greek and Latin papyri from Egypt has transformed our knowledge of the ancient world. We cannot, however, make the same claim in the...
- Mysteries Of Ancient Egyptian Papyri Revealed
http://nn.byu.edu/story.cfm/63063Thanks very much to Chris Townsend for this article from 14th February, which I missed:"Three BYU professors have uncovered mysteries in ancient Egyptian writings aided by new technology that allows people to see inscriptions...
- Tebtunis Papyri Returned To Bancroft Library
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/10/18_tebtunis.shtmlAn article about returning items held temporarily by Oxford University to the University of California, Berkley, and reuniting a sequence of papyrii that have been separated since the...