Egypt
- Book Review: Abydos: Egypt's First Pharaohs And The Cult Of Osiris
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil) David O'Connor's Abydos: Egypt's First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris. The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo (2009) Abydos is situated on the western bank of the Nile about seven kilometres west of the...
- A 3,000-year-old Mystery Is Finally Solved: Tutankhamun Died In A Hunting Accident
The Independent (Steve Connor) The mystery behind the sudden death of Tutankhamun, the boy king who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, may have been finally solved by scientists who believe that he fell from a fast-moving chariot while out hunting...
- Bruce Trigger
http://anthropology.net/tags/death There are early reports that Bruce Trigger has died. Bruce Trigger has helped to explain in the clearest terms how archaeology had developed, and the consequences that this has had for the field as a whole, but he has...
- Recent Discoveries At Abydos
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly/story/0,12674,1266978,00.html This Guardian Online article summarises recent discoveries at Early Dynastic Abydos, including the probable human sacrifices and the 14 buried boats. It includes extensive comments...
- Thefts From Mosques
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Egypt
Hawass pays tribute to David B. O'Connor
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6279
"American-Egyptologist Dr David B. O'Connor was honored, on Saturday by the Supreme Council of Antiquities in recognition of his continued dedication and contributions to the science of Egyptology.
A former student of O’Connor and Head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass highlighted to an audience of Egyptology specialists and enthusiasts how his research was influenced by O'Connor, who has worked in Egypt since 1960.
Hawass spoke of the impact O'Connor had on his first years in the field after having met O'Connor in Luxor at age 21."
A former student of O’Connor and Head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass highlighted to an audience of Egyptology specialists and enthusiasts how his research was influenced by O'Connor, who has worked in Egypt since 1960.
Hawass spoke of the impact O'Connor had on his first years in the field after having met O'Connor in Luxor at age 21."
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- Book Review: Abydos: Egypt's First Pharaohs And The Cult Of Osiris
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil) David O'Connor's Abydos: Egypt's First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris. The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo (2009) Abydos is situated on the western bank of the Nile about seven kilometres west of the...
- A 3,000-year-old Mystery Is Finally Solved: Tutankhamun Died In A Hunting Accident
The Independent (Steve Connor) The mystery behind the sudden death of Tutankhamun, the boy king who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, may have been finally solved by scientists who believe that he fell from a fast-moving chariot while out hunting...
- Bruce Trigger
http://anthropology.net/tags/death There are early reports that Bruce Trigger has died. Bruce Trigger has helped to explain in the clearest terms how archaeology had developed, and the consequences that this has had for the field as a whole, but he has...
- Recent Discoveries At Abydos
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly/story/0,12674,1266978,00.html This Guardian Online article summarises recent discoveries at Early Dynastic Abydos, including the probable human sacrifices and the 14 buried boats. It includes extensive comments...
- Thefts From Mosques
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