Egypt
The News Tribune (Craig Sailor)
- Mummy Coffin To Be Opened
Middletown Journal (Eric Robinette) When experts open a mummy coffin Friday evening, April 30, at Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, they don’t expect to find someone wrapped in bandages from head to toe. What they do hope to find are hieroglyphics or other...
- In The Lab: Technology Reveals Details Of Haggin Mummy
Recordnet.com This article looks at the science behind the Very Postmortem exhibition mentioned on previous posts. It describes both the scanning process and the information that was revealed. The photo at the top of the article may startle some people...
- History And Meaning Of The Ancient Egyptian Ankh Symbol
examiner.com (Kristen Wilkerson) Upon researching the meaning of the Egyptian Ankh, a cross with a loop at the top, it appears to have been used with multiple intentions. Originally, a historian thought the ankh was merely the symbol of a sandal, due...
- Daily Photo - Ankh Amulet And Mould At The Petrie
There's no blog update today because I am rushing up to town, but I'll update again tomorrow morning. I don't think that we're missing much - it all seems very quiet in the world of public-facing Egyptology today. Here's a rather nice...
- Saturday Trivia
Ankh finds life in North America http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1277 News that an Egyptology-based game to be launched shortly in North America: "North Americans will soon get their first look at Ankh, the 3D comic adventure first released...
Egypt
Exhibition: Wrapped
The News Tribune (Craig Sailor)
About 2,600 years ago, a man named Ankh-Wennefer lived in the Egyptian city of Akhmim. He raised at least one son, served as the second prophet in the temple of Min, and upon his death was given funereal customs the average person of his day couldn’t afford.
Given that Ankh-Wennefer wasn’t royalty, it’s somewhat remarkable that so much is known about his life and his death. Credit part of that to a late-19th-century souvenir-collecting traveler who brought the mummified remains of Ankh-Wennefer to Tacoma.
Today, visitors will get to see Ankh-Wennefer’s coffins and, for the first time, what the man looked like in life when the Washington State History Museum opens “Wrapped! The Search for the Essential Mummy.”
- Mummy Coffin To Be Opened
Middletown Journal (Eric Robinette) When experts open a mummy coffin Friday evening, April 30, at Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, they don’t expect to find someone wrapped in bandages from head to toe. What they do hope to find are hieroglyphics or other...
- In The Lab: Technology Reveals Details Of Haggin Mummy
Recordnet.com This article looks at the science behind the Very Postmortem exhibition mentioned on previous posts. It describes both the scanning process and the information that was revealed. The photo at the top of the article may startle some people...
- History And Meaning Of The Ancient Egyptian Ankh Symbol
examiner.com (Kristen Wilkerson) Upon researching the meaning of the Egyptian Ankh, a cross with a loop at the top, it appears to have been used with multiple intentions. Originally, a historian thought the ankh was merely the symbol of a sandal, due...
- Daily Photo - Ankh Amulet And Mould At The Petrie
There's no blog update today because I am rushing up to town, but I'll update again tomorrow morning. I don't think that we're missing much - it all seems very quiet in the world of public-facing Egyptology today. Here's a rather nice...
- Saturday Trivia
Ankh finds life in North America http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1277 News that an Egyptology-based game to be launched shortly in North America: "North Americans will soon get their first look at Ankh, the 3D comic adventure first released...