News from 13th February 013
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News from 13th February 013


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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 weeks already published (in Spanish): http://www.excavacionegipto.com/diario/2013/diario13.jsp.html …

Apologies if I've posted this before, but excellent if you are interested in Gilf Kebir: Wadi Sura project reports: http://bit.ly/QseTE4

Super photo from 1920s Port Said. National Geographic. http://bit.ly/12zZKpZ

Em Hotep Digest vol. 02 no. 05: Ancient Egyptian Gods, Myths, and Legends. http://bit.ly/15cWeWB

Disputed St Louis Art Museum Ka Nefer Nefer mask settlement terms to be discussed on appeal. Cultural Heritage Lawyer http://bit.ly/WmSTQ6

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology database images are now available under Creative Commons license C BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://bit.ly/ooecxi

Slightly off-topic but interesting. Ancient languages reconstructed by computer program. BBC http://bbc.in/11Dy0pC

The Ptolemaic temple of Qasr Al Agouz on Luxor’s west bank is to open next week. With 3 photos. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/SJxEYb

Book: O.E. Kaper. Colours of the Oasis: Artists and the archaeology of Dakhleh Oasis. Only available from publisher http://bit.ly/XzJG4f




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