Egypt
News for 11th February 2013
Copied from @egyptolognews (Twitter)
Cleopatra's World - Lecture Series free to listen to on iTunes, with some very good names - http://itun.es/i6J25cj
Kasia Szpakowska Kasia Szpakowska @SakhmetK
So pleased that "Companion to Women in the Ancient World" won a PROSE Award for Professional & Scholarly Excellence! http://bit.ly/WUcSW9
Lorna Richardson Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson
What are your archaeological Internet habits? Where/how do you look for info about #archaeology? https://opinio.ucl.ac.uk/s?s=22070 Please RT/share!
More re restoration of newly discovered colossi of Amenhotep III. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/WEYcvO
Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile (AUC) wins professional (PROSE) ceremony in Washington. Daily News Egypt http://bit.ly/YRm0Lu
RT @historyancient: Free online: The role of the chantress in anc. Egypt. Suzanne Ostine. PhD Thesis, Univ Toronto 2001 http://bit.ly/12G8NtG
New on Osirisnet: The Old Kingdom tomb of Irukaptah at Saqqara, also called Khenu. http://bit.ly/Y60ZM4
Mummification Museum Lecture notes by Jane Akshar - The tomb of Panehsy, TT16. Lecture by Suzanne Onstine. Luxor News http://bit.ly/YR71Bu
The 1928 Italian-built El Shinawy Palace in Mansoura will be converted into an antiquities museum. Luxor Times http://bit.ly/X2fm34
New Book: The Signs of Which Times? Chronological and Palaeoenvironmental Issues in the Rock Art of Northern Africa. http://bit.ly/Z55Thq
Sad News: Obituary of geologist Rushdi Said who has died at the age of 93. Egypt Independent http://bit.ly/U5aFJ5
Saving the twin statues of Amenhotep III in Kom El Hetan, West Bank, Luxor. With photos. Luxor Times http://bit.ly/XpWttM
Book Review: D. Wengrow, What makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West, 2010. Rosetta 11 http://bit.ly/Z53W4v
More re Hatshepsut limestone chapel that will be put on display for the 1st time at Karnak's open air mus. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/XpVkCx
Article about Frédéric Cailliaud's early 19thC accomplishments as explorer and scientist in Egypt. Saudi-Aramco World http://bit.ly/Vls5Q8
The villa of Kevork Ispenian, Giza, was looted and destroyed despite being on Egypt’s heritage list. Al Ahram Weekly http://bit.ly/YIyXar
Via @ArcEgyptologist. A roundup of some of the most notable new Egyptology books from 2012. Amun-Ra Egypt http://bit.ly/155FIaS
Book: M.F. Ayad, Coptic Culture: Past, Present and Future, 2011. Papers from a conference. http://bit.ly/WT4OVH Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Neal Spencer Neal Spencer @NealSpencer_BM
@susiezgreen launching photography kite above 3200-year old town of Amara West. http://twitpic.com/c2ikv3
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Egyptology News For The 4th And 5th March
Copied from @egyptologynews. Most recent at the top. In Spanish. Looking for a solution for the long term preservation of Nubian temple of Debod (now in Madrid). AVAAZ http://bit.ly/15vUVBt A report that says Egyptian antiquities officials have...
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News For 20th February 2013
Copied from Twitter @egyptologynews. Via HistoryoftheAncient @historyancient: Article: Karnak: Where the digital age meets ancient Egypt http://ow.ly/hRYnP Remains of a mud-brick pyramid-shaped tomb cover belonging to vizier Khay (reign of Ramesses...
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News For 17th, 18th And 19th February 2013
Copied from @egyptologynews. It has been a busy few days, so apologies for the late posting, but here's the news round-up. Oriental Inst.News and Notes (PDF). 6 pages on Demotic Dictionary + small piece on Statue of Liberty's ties to Egypt http://bit.ly/WMOFBl...
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News For 15th February 2013
Copied from Twitter @egyptologynews - in no particular order Via Kasia Szpakowska @SakhmetK: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, offering a summer position for a research associate in Egyptian art: http://bit.ly/WN52j5 The first week of the Brooklyn Museum's...
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Stories From W/e 10th February 2013
Taken from my @egyptologynews Twitter account: Free online paper: Architectural Conservation of an Amun Temple in Sudan. T. Sweek, J.R. Anderson, S. Tanimoto. JCMS. http://bit.ly/12DJGrE Queen Hatshpsut’s Netery-Menu has...
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