Egypt
Luxor News blog (Jane Akshar)
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Manchester Museum's Posterous Podcast. Using papyri to reconstruct the lives of ancient Egyptian women via @chelseadickenson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Ancient Egyptians Believed In Coiffure After Death
New Scientist (Cian O'Luanaigh) Ancient Egyptians wouldn't be caught dead without hair gel. Style in the afterlife was just as important as it was during life on Earth – and coiffure was key. To this end, men and women alike would have...
- Podcast: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy
Michael C. Carlos Museum iTunes required. In September of this year, the Carlos Museum will open the exhibition Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, which will focus attention on a 4,000 year old mummy that was purchased for...
- Tomb Of Peneb, Dorothea Arnold And James Allen
Apple iTunes Thanks to Steve Wagner and Chris Townsend for this link. The Metropolitan Museum of Art invites you to hear the fascinating story of the Tomb of Perneb. Acquired from the Egyptian government in 1913, the tomb was constructed approximately...
- Discoveries And Restoration At Karnak
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) At Karnak a new Ptolemaic bath house has been discovered. Jane says that there will be a lecture about it at the Mummification Museum in the next few weeks, so hopefully she will be able to report on it for us. Jane has also...
Egypt
Manchester University podcast
Luxor News blog (Jane Akshar)
Jane is doing the Egyptology course with Manchester University and has been told be her tutor Joyce Tyldesley that they have released a podcast. It features some of the work of the KNH Centre, and stars Jackie Campbell and Natalie McCreesh talking about their work on pharmacy and hair. The podcast is now live on iTunes and can be accessed via the following link:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=265788270
If this doesn't work for you it may mean that you need to install the latest version of iTunes
http://www.apple.com/itunes/
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Manchester Museum's Posterous Podcast. Using papyri to reconstruct the lives of ancient Egyptian women via @chelseadickenson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Ancient Egyptians Believed In Coiffure After Death
New Scientist (Cian O'Luanaigh) Ancient Egyptians wouldn't be caught dead without hair gel. Style in the afterlife was just as important as it was during life on Earth – and coiffure was key. To this end, men and women alike would have...
- Podcast: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy
Michael C. Carlos Museum iTunes required. In September of this year, the Carlos Museum will open the exhibition Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, which will focus attention on a 4,000 year old mummy that was purchased for...
- Tomb Of Peneb, Dorothea Arnold And James Allen
Apple iTunes Thanks to Steve Wagner and Chris Townsend for this link. The Metropolitan Museum of Art invites you to hear the fascinating story of the Tomb of Perneb. Acquired from the Egyptian government in 1913, the tomb was constructed approximately...
- Discoveries And Restoration At Karnak
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) At Karnak a new Ptolemaic bath house has been discovered. Jane says that there will be a lecture about it at the Mummification Museum in the next few weeks, so hopefully she will be able to report on it for us. Jane has also...