Egypt
- Aeragram Spring 2011 - Giza Newsletter
AERAGram Newsletter Spring 2011 PDF AERAGram (Previous issues) The Spring 2011 newsletter from AERA (Ancient Egypt Research Associates) is now available for download as a PDF on the above page. It has 20 pages full of articles, plans, illustrations...
- A Very Ancient Egyptian Easter: Sham El-nasim
Ahram Online Monday 25 April marks Sham El-Nasim, in the same breath as Easter. The rituals and beliefs associated with today’s Sham El-Nasim celebrations link it directly to ancient Egyptian feasts. Celebrated since 2700 BC by all Egyptians regardless...
- Celebrating Sham El Naseem (spring Festival)
Xinhuanet On Monday, Many Egyptians are gathering in gardens and national parks, enjoying the favorable warm weather to celebrate the Sham El-Naseem Feast (Spring Festival). While others take felucca (small narrow boat with one or two sails) on the Nile...
- Ct Scan Yields Secrets Of Vassar College's Mummy
Times Herald-Record (Jeremiah Horrigan) I'm not quite sure how poor Shem-en-Min would have responded to being referred to as "the guy", or whether or not the Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium will enjoy being referred to as CSI Egypt, but here's...
- Kelsey Museum Of Archaeology Newsletter Fall 2007
Kelsey Museum Newsletter Thanks to a post by Mia Rikala to the EEF email group for pointing me at a newsletter which had not come to my attention previously: the Kelsey Museum Newsletter. The most recent issue is the Spring 2007 publication. This and...
Egypt
Harvest times
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/egyptian_mail/m2/
The Egyptian Gazette website was not updated all last week, but the Saturday version, the Egyptian Mail, is back up and running on the Gazette website. Today it has a brief piece about Shem el-Nessim, the start of Spring: "Since Ancient Egyptian times, Shem el-Nessim has traditionally marked the start of spring. The festival is derived from the word shamo, meaning 'season of harvest' in the Ancient Egyptian language. On this day, the Pharaohs celebrated the god Osiris coming back to life. His brother Seth had killed him and it was the goddess Isis who brought him back to life, so this feast on the first day of spring reminds us of resurrection and eternity.In keeping with tradition, Egyptians always spend Shem el-Nessim out of doors, in gardens and public parks, eating salted fish, onions, lettuce and coloured eggs. Salted fish is a natural antibiotic against the cold, but these days people only tend to eat it on the first day of spring.Ancient Egyptians offered salted fish and onions as an immolation at Shem el-Nessim. Fish, symbolising fertility, and lettuce were both characteristics of spring."
- Aeragram Spring 2011 - Giza Newsletter
AERAGram Newsletter Spring 2011 PDF AERAGram (Previous issues) The Spring 2011 newsletter from AERA (Ancient Egypt Research Associates) is now available for download as a PDF on the above page. It has 20 pages full of articles, plans, illustrations...
- A Very Ancient Egyptian Easter: Sham El-nasim
Ahram Online Monday 25 April marks Sham El-Nasim, in the same breath as Easter. The rituals and beliefs associated with today’s Sham El-Nasim celebrations link it directly to ancient Egyptian feasts. Celebrated since 2700 BC by all Egyptians regardless...
- Celebrating Sham El Naseem (spring Festival)
Xinhuanet On Monday, Many Egyptians are gathering in gardens and national parks, enjoying the favorable warm weather to celebrate the Sham El-Naseem Feast (Spring Festival). While others take felucca (small narrow boat with one or two sails) on the Nile...
- Ct Scan Yields Secrets Of Vassar College's Mummy
Times Herald-Record (Jeremiah Horrigan) I'm not quite sure how poor Shem-en-Min would have responded to being referred to as "the guy", or whether or not the Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium will enjoy being referred to as CSI Egypt, but here's...
- Kelsey Museum Of Archaeology Newsletter Fall 2007
Kelsey Museum Newsletter Thanks to a post by Mia Rikala to the EEF email group for pointing me at a newsletter which had not come to my attention previously: the Kelsey Museum Newsletter. The most recent issue is the Spring 2007 publication. This and...