Egyptology News for 12th and 13th March 2013

From Twitter @egyptologynews.  
Where on earth is this year going??  I cannot believe that it is mid-March already.



End of the season post from the Temple of Mut team, from their dig diary, with loads of great photos. Brooklyn Museum http://bit.ly/YnmbPr

Further to my previous, keep an eye on the #Save_antinoupolis hashtag if you want to follow this story.

More much-needed publicity about the damage inflicted by looters upon Antinoupolis and other sites. Worldcrunch http://bit.ly/ZIZjZY

Conferencia: Religión y prácticas mágicas. El poder de los amuletos y hechizos contra los poderes maléficos. Ushebtis http://bit.ly/XJrA4I

Book Review: S.Ruzicka, Trouble in the West: Egypt and the Persian Empire, 525-332 BCE. Oxford Univ Press 2012. BMCR http://bit.ly/10H62op

Video: The biggest exhibition of Egyptian artifacts to be taken around this country will be displayed in Bristol. ITV http://itv.co/WlleHM

Curator’s Diary 13/3/13: Early Photographs of a Prince’s Journey in Egypt. Egypt at the Manchester Museum. http://bit.ly/12Ptq8l

Via Rene Nieuwenhuizen ‏@ReneNieuw
Shape-Shifting Jesus Described in Ancient Egyptian Text - http://po.st/Eg5xGK

Cemetery Holds Proof of Hard Labor. Akhenaten's capital was no paradise for many adults, children. National Geographic http://bit.ly/YnqIS5

QR codes and “Tales of Things” at the Petrie Museum by Andie Byrnes. @PetrieMuseEgypt UCL Museums + Collections Blog. http://bit.ly/Y9l46T

New Book: Wadi Sura, Cave of Beasts, A rock art site in the Gilf Kebir (SW Egypt). R. Kuper. Heinrich Barth Institut http://bit.ly/YamjQc

RT @eloquentpeasant All objects in the Ancient Egypt gallery in National Museums Scotland are now available online http://bit.ly/13SJjKt

RT @NealSpencer_BM A beautiful, little known, granite statue of Ramses II has gone on display Room4 @britishmuseum. http://twitpic.com/cat7w0

Worrying article about prospects for geo-tourism in NewValley (oases). Fails to consider the damage already inflicted http://bit.ly/Y9q88e

Em Hotep Digest vol. 02 no. 09: Pharaoh Snefru’s Pyramids. http://bit.ly/W9Fayq

UNESCO visits Cairo to discuss threats to archaeo sites and the possibility of a regional centre for World Heritage. http://bit.ly/W7m0sY

Pharaon Magazine (in French) is now available in PDF format for 5 € per issue. http://pharaon-magazine.fr/catalog/ebooks/pdf-pharaon …

New Book: Djekhy and Son. Ordinary businessmen from ancient Egypt. By Caryll Faraldi, AUC.Egyptian Gazette http://bit.ly/ZwG5FE

Via Dan Snow ‏@thehistoryguy
If you watched the Syria programme, here's my article about the threat to the precious heritage of the country: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21702546 …

The latest Museum Books catalogue is out now, in PDF: http://www.museumbooks.demon.co.uk/lists/list36.pdf …

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