News for 3rd March 2013

Yesterday's news from the world of Egyptology, copied over from Twitter.


Via Kristian Strutt ‏@kdstrutt: Antinoupolis Project blog. Visit to the Via Hadriana, Deir El Sombat and rock-cut coptic church http://kdstrutt.wordpress.com

Via Maria Nilsson ‏@DrMariaNilsson:  Book Review: The Murder of Cleopatra http://rogueclassicism.com/2013/03/02/rcreview-the-murder-of-cleopatra/

Egyptian minister and German foundation sign MoU to complete database for Akhenaten Amarna museum in Minya. allAfrica http://bit.ly/Za3lKH

Nothing to do with Egypt, but very cool! Desert finds on Arabian Peninsula challenge horse taming ideas. BBC http://bbc.in/XClkIa

Not specific to Egypt but relevant: Agriculture and parting from wolves shaped dog evolution, study finds. Physorg http://bit.ly/13htPzg

Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East. A Guide. J.J. Shea, State University of New York, Stony Brook http://bit.ly/160XXPa

Available to read online: World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization (with 3 chapters on AE). http://bit.ly/eZvAwV

The last week of the Saqqara.nl dig diaries: http://www.saqqara.nl/news/mission-digging-diary/2013-digging-diaries/2013-03-01 …

Linking Things on the Web: Pragmatic Examination of Linked Data for Libraries Museums + Archives. Library of Congress.http://bit.ly/ZcI4jw

TV (UK): Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings. 9pm BBC2 15th March 2013. C21 Media http://bit.ly/XiLIuc

The latest email update from Barry Kemp and Anna Stevens with a few of the photos that were attached. Egyptology News http://bit.ly/YWvVBj

Article about excavation and restoration at Theban Tomb 39 in Luxor. With lovely photographs. Past Horizons http://bit.ly/WiotSB

The Limestone quarries in the Theban Mountains, with photographs. Sirius Project http://bit.ly/12lqzDJ

New book available for pre-order: Late Roman Glassware and Pottery From Amarna and Related Studies. Faiers, J. EES http://bit.ly/WAmN7e

Comprehensive website, in Spanish, about Heracleópolis Magna (Nen-nesu). Plenty of maps and photos. http://bit.ly/M7R6gb

Book review: 3 volumes on the Popes of Egypt from the beginning of the Church ending at end of 2011. Montreal Review http://bit.ly/XzQ3rq

Treasures in the wall: The story of the Lewis-Gibson Genizah Collection of Hebrew manuscripts from Cairo. New Yorker http://nyr.kr/Z32KJs

Mummification Museum Lecture notes - Amenhotep on the hill (and the pyramid of a vizier as well). Luxor News blog http://networkedblogs.com/IQmbV

Almost a ghost story from Manchester curator Campbell Price: The mystery of the spinning statuette. http://bit.ly/XTfKTR

Finaliza la quinta campaña de excavaciones arqueológicas de la Univ de Jaén en Qubbet el-Hawa (Asuán). Ushebtis http://bit.ly/Vp2rMv

Conferencia: El proyecto Djehuty y los secretos de la necrópolis tebana. Ushebtis http://bit.ly/Zcxbhw

Egyptian Minister Hopes for Improvement of Tourism Ties with Iran. FARS News http://bit.ly/WjE18m

More Arsinoe: Researchers vow to prove remains found in Turkey ARE those of Cleopatra's murdered sister. Daily Mail http://bit.ly/Xb8DYv

How to find postgraduate funding - good advice from @Swanseauni recruitment officer Mark Skippen. http://gu.com/p/3e35k/tw 

Via Alice Williams ‏@alicewilliams86. Details of the Friends of the Petrie Museum's new photo competition 'In and Out of the Nile Valley' - closes 1st May. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/FriendsofPetrie/pdfs/PMF_Photo_Comp_2013_poster.pdf …

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