Egypt
Journal of the Serbian Archaeology Society 24
Branislav Andelkovic has announced the latest issue of the Journal of the Serbian Archaeological Society 24, 2008 (Glasnik Srpskog arheoloskog drustva). There are many items of general interest but the issue also includes the following article. There's no website listed, so I guess it's a matter of tracking down a copy at an academic library if you're interested. Sorry!
LATE PREDYNASTIC FALCONS ON A BOAT (BRUSSELS E.7067)
Stan Hendrickx, Merel Eyckerman and Frank Förster
Abstract: In the Egyptian collection of the Royal Museums for Art and History at Brussels there is a model boat with five birds on top, made of hippopotamus ivory (reg. no. E.7067). Although the object has been heavily restored, the details indicate the high level of the original craftsmanship.
The birds on the boat are falcons characterised by the almost horizontal position of their bodies. This is typical for late Naqada II and early Naqada III falcon representations. We would like to suggest that objects with multiple representations of royal animals (such as falcons) are part of the popularisation of the royal iconography which had developed at least during the early Naqada III period. The object was probably a votive offering.
For those of you who aren't interested or don't have access to the above article, the email announcing the above issue also had a link to the Belgrade Mummy, which has its own web presence:
http://www.f.bg.ac.rs/bemum/
The site contains a number of articles about the mummy. Although they are shown in Serbian and English, the English summaries are to be found at the end of the longer Serbian articles.
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