Egypt
- Sad News - Lewis Binford
I was very sad to read on Tony Cagle's Archaeoblog that Lewis Binford has passed away. Not familiar name in Egyptology he was, however, a landmark in his own right in Anglo-American archaeology. His influence on how modern archaeology evolved was...
- Archeaoforum Launches
ArchaeoForum Tony Cagle has announced on his ArchaeoBlog that he has relaunched his online forum for the discussion of all matters archaeological, this time protected from spam advertising. A couple of categories have been set up, and anything archaeological...
- Saharan Burials
http://tinyurl.com/arl25 From the National Geographic webiste: "Archaeologists have excavated a trove of Stone Age human skeletons and artifacts on the shores of an ancient lake in the Sahara. The seven nearby sites include an extensive cemetery and represent...
- Book Review - Salima Ikram's Divine Creatures
http://www.archaeoblog.blogspot.com/ Tony Cagle's Archaeoblog not only links to a review on the Egypt Today website about Salima Ikram's most recent book, "Divine Creatures", but has some really nice photographs from the field. To go direct to...
- El Kab Site Updated
The following is taken from Tony Cagle's Archaeoblog at http://www.archaeoblog.blogspot.com/: "Thierry Benderitter has put up some new pages on his El Kab site:The tomb of Paheri:http://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/el_kab/pahery/e_pahery1.htm . This...
Egypt
Egyptology, archaeology, what's the diff?
http://archaeoblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/egyptology-archaeology-whats-diff-topic.html
Tony Cagle is stirring up some fun over on Archaeoblog. You may or may not agree with him, but you have to give him top points for airing his opinions (hello Tony!):
"When fresh-faced undergrads (or high schoolers) as me 'ArchaeoBlog, what do I need to do to become an Egyptologist?' my first question back is to ask if they really want to be an 'Egyptologist' or an 'archaeologist who works in Egypt'.
The stock answer is that Egyptologists are largely art historians/philologists who sometimes, but not necessarily always, use some archaeological techniques to obtain data. Archaeologists, conversely, sometimes but not necessarily always, use some analysis gleaned from Egyptological studies to further their archaeological aims. Generally, I think, Egyptologists tend to go through Classics departments while archaeologists go through the archaeology departments. I suppose one could start all sorts of arguments here, but you can probably throw out a few generalities as well:
-- Egytpologists tend to excavate tombs and temples; archaeologists go after settlements
-- Egyptologists use archaeological data to enhance their text/epigraphic interpretations, while archaeologists use text/epigraphic sources to enhance their archaeological interpretations
-- Archaeologists have different problem sets that range across civilizations worldwide, where Egytpologists concentrate more closely on the Middle/Near East.
Of course, a dozen Egyptologists right now could spend 25 pages debating those, but I'll stick with the general propositions."
See the above page for the rest of his post.
Tony Cagle is stirring up some fun over on Archaeoblog. You may or may not agree with him, but you have to give him top points for airing his opinions (hello Tony!):
"When fresh-faced undergrads (or high schoolers) as me 'ArchaeoBlog, what do I need to do to become an Egyptologist?' my first question back is to ask if they really want to be an 'Egyptologist' or an 'archaeologist who works in Egypt'.
The stock answer is that Egyptologists are largely art historians/philologists who sometimes, but not necessarily always, use some archaeological techniques to obtain data. Archaeologists, conversely, sometimes but not necessarily always, use some analysis gleaned from Egyptological studies to further their archaeological aims. Generally, I think, Egyptologists tend to go through Classics departments while archaeologists go through the archaeology departments. I suppose one could start all sorts of arguments here, but you can probably throw out a few generalities as well:
-- Egytpologists tend to excavate tombs and temples; archaeologists go after settlements
-- Egyptologists use archaeological data to enhance their text/epigraphic interpretations, while archaeologists use text/epigraphic sources to enhance their archaeological interpretations
-- Archaeologists have different problem sets that range across civilizations worldwide, where Egytpologists concentrate more closely on the Middle/Near East.
Of course, a dozen Egyptologists right now could spend 25 pages debating those, but I'll stick with the general propositions."
See the above page for the rest of his post.
- Sad News - Lewis Binford
I was very sad to read on Tony Cagle's Archaeoblog that Lewis Binford has passed away. Not familiar name in Egyptology he was, however, a landmark in his own right in Anglo-American archaeology. His influence on how modern archaeology evolved was...
- Archeaoforum Launches
ArchaeoForum Tony Cagle has announced on his ArchaeoBlog that he has relaunched his online forum for the discussion of all matters archaeological, this time protected from spam advertising. A couple of categories have been set up, and anything archaeological...
- Saharan Burials
http://tinyurl.com/arl25 From the National Geographic webiste: "Archaeologists have excavated a trove of Stone Age human skeletons and artifacts on the shores of an ancient lake in the Sahara. The seven nearby sites include an extensive cemetery and represent...
- Book Review - Salima Ikram's Divine Creatures
http://www.archaeoblog.blogspot.com/ Tony Cagle's Archaeoblog not only links to a review on the Egypt Today website about Salima Ikram's most recent book, "Divine Creatures", but has some really nice photographs from the field. To go direct to...
- El Kab Site Updated
The following is taken from Tony Cagle's Archaeoblog at http://www.archaeoblog.blogspot.com/: "Thierry Benderitter has put up some new pages on his El Kab site:The tomb of Paheri:http://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/el_kab/pahery/e_pahery1.htm . This...