Egypt
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Preserving one of Egypt’s most efficient ecosystems: The mangrove. Egypt Independent http://bit.ly/12J7hqI
Amara West excavations 2013: the past as seen in photos from a photographic kite flown over the site. British Museum http://bit.ly/VSDSDl
Malqata dig diary: One enigmatic feature of the site is a huge area over 72,000sq.m that is a vast deposit of potsherds http://bit.ly/Y7jf68
Eleventh International Congress of Egyptologists, Bibliotheca Alexandrina 13th-20th September 2013 http://bit.ly/PBKUIi
A Roman statue head has been repatriated to Egypt from Brazil. With photo. Luxor Times http://bit.ly/YUTTLC
Not news, just a short article on the AE city of On (Heliopolis), but might be of interest to some. Daily News Egypt http://bit.ly/YQFcJw
Job opening: Herbert Thompson Lecturer in Ancient Egyptian Language, University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology http://bit.ly/14QLgow
Digital Archaeology. Uncovering the “A New Look at Ancient Egypt” website after years of neglect. http://bit.ly/YSgkRw
Free online: The Goddess Hathor and the women of ancient Egypt. Danielle Basson. MPhil, University of Stellenbosch http://bit.ly/YaIoP7
French archeologist Michel Wuttmann found dead in his Cairo apartment, investigators suspect foul play. Washington Post http://wapo.st/12J4oGt
Barry Kemp and his team have resumed work at Amarna. Their email newsletter is copied here: http://bit.ly/V2hWeb
Amara West Dig Diary 2013: the latest from Cemetery C. British Museum http://hvrd.me/WUYD3o
Speaking at Harvard, Egyptologist Marc Gabolde offered different interpretation of Tut DNA evidence. Harvard Gazette http://hvrd.me/WUYD3o
Brown University's Abydos Dig has uncovered a skeleton in the North Cemetery, among other finds. Brown Daily Herald http://bit.ly/X1sGYy
- 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...
- News For 16th February 2013
Copied from my Twitter account @egyptologynews, in no particular order Today is the 90th anniversary of the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter. The Telegraph http://bit.ly/12QKidm A New Kingdom jigsaw puzzle from Malqata:...
- News For 14th February 2013
Happy Valentine's Day! News copied from Twitter @egyptologynews The ARCE has announced the launch of its new Luxor West Bank Archaeological Field School for local MSA/SCA inspectors http://bit.ly/X6jHVT Article about the building of the replica...
- News From 13th February 013
Copied from @egyptologynews The Oriental Institute Electronic Publics. Initiative has made several new Egyptology publications available as PDFs: http://oi.uchicago.edu/news/ I had missed that the Djehuty dig diary is back online for 2013, with several...
- 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...
Egypt
News from 12th February 2012
Copied from my Twitter @egyptologynews account
Preserving one of Egypt’s most efficient ecosystems: The mangrove. Egypt Independent http://bit.ly/12J7hqI
Amara West excavations 2013: the past as seen in photos from a photographic kite flown over the site. British Museum http://bit.ly/VSDSDl
Malqata dig diary: One enigmatic feature of the site is a huge area over 72,000sq.m that is a vast deposit of potsherds http://bit.ly/Y7jf68
Eleventh International Congress of Egyptologists, Bibliotheca Alexandrina 13th-20th September 2013 http://bit.ly/PBKUIi
A Roman statue head has been repatriated to Egypt from Brazil. With photo. Luxor Times http://bit.ly/YUTTLC
Not news, just a short article on the AE city of On (Heliopolis), but might be of interest to some. Daily News Egypt http://bit.ly/YQFcJw
Job opening: Herbert Thompson Lecturer in Ancient Egyptian Language, University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology http://bit.ly/14QLgow
Digital Archaeology. Uncovering the “A New Look at Ancient Egypt” website after years of neglect. http://bit.ly/YSgkRw
Free online: The Goddess Hathor and the women of ancient Egypt. Danielle Basson. MPhil, University of Stellenbosch http://bit.ly/YaIoP7
French archeologist Michel Wuttmann found dead in his Cairo apartment, investigators suspect foul play. Washington Post http://wapo.st/12J4oGt
Barry Kemp and his team have resumed work at Amarna. Their email newsletter is copied here: http://bit.ly/V2hWeb
Amara West Dig Diary 2013: the latest from Cemetery C. British Museum http://hvrd.me/WUYD3o
Speaking at Harvard, Egyptologist Marc Gabolde offered different interpretation of Tut DNA evidence. Harvard Gazette http://hvrd.me/WUYD3o
Brown University's Abydos Dig has uncovered a skeleton in the North Cemetery, among other finds. Brown Daily Herald http://bit.ly/X1sGYy
- 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...
- News For 16th February 2013
Copied from my Twitter account @egyptologynews, in no particular order Today is the 90th anniversary of the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter. The Telegraph http://bit.ly/12QKidm A New Kingdom jigsaw puzzle from Malqata:...
- News For 14th February 2013
Happy Valentine's Day! News copied from Twitter @egyptologynews The ARCE has announced the launch of its new Luxor West Bank Archaeological Field School for local MSA/SCA inspectors http://bit.ly/X6jHVT Article about the building of the replica...
- News From 13th February 013
Copied from @egyptologynews The Oriental Institute Electronic Publics. Initiative has made several new Egyptology publications available as PDFs: http://oi.uchicago.edu/news/ I had missed that the Djehuty dig diary is back online for 2013, with several...
- 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...