Egyptology News - 8th to 10th April
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Egyptology News - 8th to 10th April


Copied from Twitter @egyptologynews.  Nice to see a bit of sunshine today!



Naqada II pottery vessel in the form of a fish. Ashmolean Museum.



Brooklyn exhib: Divine Felines - Cats of Ancient Egypt. Roles of felines in mythology, kingship, everyday life. BWW bit.ly/11Vj4Rh 

The remnants of Fort Babylon in Old Cairo: Often overlooked by tourists and neglected by guides. Daily News Egypt bit.ly/ZjSaNY 

Via @Amesemi
Postcards from Rosetta: A day where the Nile meets the sea egyptindependent.com/news/postcards 

Treasures of Cairo - Downtown Edition. The Palace of Prince Said Halim, grandson of Mohamed Ali Pasha. Cairo Kitchen bit.ly/10K6T8w 

Suez Canal Authority building to become international museum to showcase the history of the Canal. Daily News Egypt bit.ly/ZigAat 

Criticism for Egypt's dollar-a-night proposal for fund-raising to complete Grand Egyptian Museum. Daily News Egypt bit.ly/10LUEqN 

1000 years of Pottery at Bubastis from Late Period til Late Antique Times. 5 wks of field work. Tell Basta Project bit.ly/1506Ny1 

Egyptian wedding certificate key to authenticating controversial Biblical text. PhysOrg bit.ly/ZvHHGe 

Un mapa pionero busca descifrar los misterios que rodean a la necrópolis de Tebas. 20minutos.es bit.ly/ZgqTMd 

Egyptian Artifact Authenticates Controversial Biblical Text. Laboratory Equipment bit.ly/10LHcEm 

Book review: Mireille Hadas-Lebel, Philo of Alexandria: A Thinker in the Jewish Diaspora, Brill 2012 BMCR bit.ly/Z4dgUs 

More re sunken Thonis-Heracleion, gateway to Egypt in 1st millennium BC, topic at recent conference. Science Daily bit.ly/10LkRWH 

RIC Archaeologist Lobban and Team Discover Lost Temple. Rhode Island College bit.ly/Ya8GF7 

Sahara Went from Green to Desert in a Flash (the studies quoted are from 2012, but of ongoing interest). Live Science bit.ly/14TAkJQ 

More re 4 new 17th Dynasty Dra Abu el-Nagar burials found by Djehuty project, with photos and video. Past Horizons bit.ly/ZcEJ37










- Egyptology News For 7th April 2013
Copied from today's Twitter posts @egyptologynews. Predynastic Comb. Nubia Museum, Aswan Missed this BBC video whilst away: smugglers have been digging underground tunnels to find archaeological treasures. http://bbc.in/XhucHQ   Khaled Fahmy...

- Online: Le Musée Egyptien
DigiZeitschriften Thanks to Chuck Jones and his Ancient World Online blog for this link. Le Musée Egyptien  al-Mathaf al-Misrī     1909-1915 Le Musée Egyptien Band 3     1904-1907 Le Musée Egyptien Band 2    ...

- Egyptian Hieroglyphs
                            Historical Background of Egyptian Hieroglyphs                                    ...

- Tuesday's Egyptian
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- The Cash Register In The Desert
"Even though we had allowed people to take pictures in the Valley, people continued to bribe the guards and take cameras into the tombs and use flash."                            ...



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