Egypt
- Egyptology News 17th-18th April 2013
Copied from Twitter @egyptologynews. Have a good weekend everyone! Amun in the form of a Ram, Kawa, Nubia. c.680BC. 1931.553. Ashmolean Museum Fieldwork The British Museum website has new pages re the BM and Sudan Archaeological Research Society...
- Egyptology News For March 14th - 16th 2013
From @egyptologynews. Happy St Patrick's Day for tomorrow! Open Air Museum. Temple of Tod. Bobblehead no more: finishing the falcon mummy conservation treatment. With photos. Penn Artifact Lab http://bit.ly/ZZL2Kx RT @SakhmetK Report on...
- Egyptology News For March 11th 2013
Reposted from Twitter @egyptologynews. Rock art sites and rich archaeological site dating back more than five hundred thousand years found in NE Sudan. PAP http://bit.ly/10F4Pl3 In N.Sudan archaeologists have found remains of early Homo sapiens settlements...
- Egyptology News For The 4th And 5th March
Copied from @egyptologynews. Most recent at the top. In Spanish. Looking for a solution for the long term preservation of Nubian temple of Debod (now in Madrid). AVAAZ http://bit.ly/15vUVBt A report that says Egyptian antiquities officials have...
- News For 20th February 2013
Copied from Twitter @egyptologynews. Via HistoryoftheAncient @historyancient: Article: Karnak: Where the digital age meets ancient Egypt http://ow.ly/hRYnP Remains of a mud-brick pyramid-shaped tomb cover belonging to vizier Khay (reign of Ramesses...
Egypt
Egyptology News for the 6th and 7th March 2013
Copied from @egyptologynews. Most recent news is at the top.
Via Chris Naunton @chrisnaunton. To see what stands to be lost at Antinoupolis see the wonderful images in the Antin Foundation Newsletter #1: http://kdstrutt.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/oracle001.pdf …
Salima Ikram has posted on Facebook to say that Sheikh Abada, ancient Roman Antinouplis, Middle Egypt, is being destroyed systematically at http://www.facebook.com/groups/239832019441502/ …
Exhibition: Secret Egypt: Unravelling Truth from Myth, from 30th March – 1st June at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery http://bit.ly/Xssd2h
Yorkshire historian Joann Fletcher uncovers the lives of ordinary people in Ancient Egypt in a new TV documentary. http://bit.ly/14pRnhG
Czech Egyptologists uncover 400 prehistoric burials in Sabaloka mountains in C.Sudan. Prague Monitor http://bit.ly/15zAcfR
Today is World Book Day. What work of history had the greatest impact on your life, why? History Today's Facebook page http://on.fb.me/13HgEru
Bodies in Aswan tomb reveal premature deaths. Short piece re findings from Qubbet el-Hawa Tomb 33. Past Horizons http://bit.ly/ZqLoaE
Conferencia: Los rituales funerarios. Las concepciones en torno a la muerte y la vida en el más allá.Spain. Ushebtis http://bit.ly/VJOXLe
Egypt and Italy cooperate to document the history of a forgotten site, Kom Al-Ahmer, in the Delta. Daily News Egypt http://bit.ly/10aAUgy
Very interesting thoughts from Kristian Strutt at the end of the Antinoupolis season. Well worth a read. http://bit.ly/YC9f8b
A touring exhibition, featuring Bolton Museum’s famous Egyptology collection, is set to open in China next week. http://bit.ly/Zt8FZu
Via @SakhmetK. Video: Making Many. Investigations into mass production of shabtis using 3D imaging (4.29 mins) http://bit.ly/12wh0BW
A year old but I don't recall seeing it: The Spring 2012 issue of Aeragram re Memphis excavations is available in PDF http://bit.ly/XTS7dY
Via David Lightbody. Article on problems with DNA interpretation that apply to Egyptology too http://bit.ly/13J8n23
EES events listing for Spring 2013. Some great topics: http://www.ees.ac.uk/events/index.html …
Interview re a technical study of a child sarcophagus. Penn Museum Artifact Lab http://bit.ly/YdOBIx
Video that aired yesterday a.m. on the BBC about the current state of tourism in Luxor. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21681367 …
Via @SakhmetK Pottery App Now Turns Virtual Creations Into The Real Deal using 3D printing http://cultm.ac/109hZCY
Via Amesemi @Amesemi
Online archive for Egyptian stamps is launched | Egypt Independent http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/online-archive-egyptian-stamps-launched
Via Gwyn Ashworth-Pratt. Video: A Game Engine Based Visualisation of the Queen Meresankh III Mastaba at Giza (2.15) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaULTton-ZY …
La homosexualidad en los tesoros del antiguo Egipto (about LBGT week). Ushebtis http://bit.ly/167JJvO
Authorities foil encroachment on Egypt's Tel Al-Amarna archaeological site. Ahram Onlline http://bit.ly/WHkmdq
In Spanish. Looking for a solution for the long term preservation of Nubian temple of Debod (now in Madrid). AVAAZ http://bit.ly/15vUVBt
Via Chris Naunton @chrisnaunton. To see what stands to be lost at Antinoupolis see the wonderful images in the Antin Foundation Newsletter #1: http://kdstrutt.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/oracle001.pdf …
Salima Ikram has posted on Facebook to say that Sheikh Abada, ancient Roman Antinouplis, Middle Egypt, is being destroyed systematically at http://www.facebook.com/groups/239832019441502/ …
Exhibition: Secret Egypt: Unravelling Truth from Myth, from 30th March – 1st June at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery http://bit.ly/Xssd2h
Yorkshire historian Joann Fletcher uncovers the lives of ordinary people in Ancient Egypt in a new TV documentary. http://bit.ly/14pRnhG
Czech Egyptologists uncover 400 prehistoric burials in Sabaloka mountains in C.Sudan. Prague Monitor http://bit.ly/15zAcfR
Today is World Book Day. What work of history had the greatest impact on your life, why? History Today's Facebook page http://on.fb.me/13HgEru
Bodies in Aswan tomb reveal premature deaths. Short piece re findings from Qubbet el-Hawa Tomb 33. Past Horizons http://bit.ly/ZqLoaE
Conferencia: Los rituales funerarios. Las concepciones en torno a la muerte y la vida en el más allá.Spain. Ushebtis http://bit.ly/VJOXLe
Egypt and Italy cooperate to document the history of a forgotten site, Kom Al-Ahmer, in the Delta. Daily News Egypt http://bit.ly/10aAUgy
Very interesting thoughts from Kristian Strutt at the end of the Antinoupolis season. Well worth a read. http://bit.ly/YC9f8b
A touring exhibition, featuring Bolton Museum’s famous Egyptology collection, is set to open in China next week. http://bit.ly/Zt8FZu
Via @SakhmetK. Video: Making Many. Investigations into mass production of shabtis using 3D imaging (4.29 mins) http://bit.ly/12wh0BW
A year old but I don't recall seeing it: The Spring 2012 issue of Aeragram re Memphis excavations is available in PDF http://bit.ly/XTS7dY
Via David Lightbody. Article on problems with DNA interpretation that apply to Egyptology too http://bit.ly/13J8n23
EES events listing for Spring 2013. Some great topics: http://www.ees.ac.uk/events/index.html …
Interview re a technical study of a child sarcophagus. Penn Museum Artifact Lab http://bit.ly/YdOBIx
Video that aired yesterday a.m. on the BBC about the current state of tourism in Luxor. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21681367 …
Via @SakhmetK Pottery App Now Turns Virtual Creations Into The Real Deal using 3D printing http://cultm.ac/109hZCY
Via Amesemi @Amesemi
Online archive for Egyptian stamps is launched | Egypt Independent http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/online-archive-egyptian-stamps-launched
Via Gwyn Ashworth-Pratt. Video: A Game Engine Based Visualisation of the Queen Meresankh III Mastaba at Giza (2.15) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaULTton-ZY …
La homosexualidad en los tesoros del antiguo Egipto (about LBGT week). Ushebtis http://bit.ly/167JJvO
Authorities foil encroachment on Egypt's Tel Al-Amarna archaeological site. Ahram Onlline http://bit.ly/WHkmdq
In Spanish. Looking for a solution for the long term preservation of Nubian temple of Debod (now in Madrid). AVAAZ http://bit.ly/15vUVBt
- Egyptology News 17th-18th April 2013
Copied from Twitter @egyptologynews. Have a good weekend everyone! Amun in the form of a Ram, Kawa, Nubia. c.680BC. 1931.553. Ashmolean Museum Fieldwork The British Museum website has new pages re the BM and Sudan Archaeological Research Society...
- Egyptology News For March 14th - 16th 2013
From @egyptologynews. Happy St Patrick's Day for tomorrow! Open Air Museum. Temple of Tod. Bobblehead no more: finishing the falcon mummy conservation treatment. With photos. Penn Artifact Lab http://bit.ly/ZZL2Kx RT @SakhmetK Report on...
- Egyptology News For March 11th 2013
Reposted from Twitter @egyptologynews. Rock art sites and rich archaeological site dating back more than five hundred thousand years found in NE Sudan. PAP http://bit.ly/10F4Pl3 In N.Sudan archaeologists have found remains of early Homo sapiens settlements...
- Egyptology News For The 4th And 5th March
Copied from @egyptologynews. Most recent at the top. In Spanish. Looking for a solution for the long term preservation of Nubian temple of Debod (now in Madrid). AVAAZ http://bit.ly/15vUVBt A report that says Egyptian antiquities officials have...
- News For 20th February 2013
Copied from Twitter @egyptologynews. Via HistoryoftheAncient @historyancient: Article: Karnak: Where the digital age meets ancient Egypt http://ow.ly/hRYnP Remains of a mud-brick pyramid-shaped tomb cover belonging to vizier Khay (reign of Ramesses...