News from 21st to 24th February 2013

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Free article: The Calendars of Ancient Egypt. By R.A. Parker. University of Chicago Press, 1950. Hist.of the Anc.Wrld http://bit.ly/Wkz6yM

A thorough reflection reveals a long-forgotten link between the foundation of Granada (Spain) and Cairo. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/YOopGf

Mystery fibres on the painted coffin of Tawahibre. Penn Artifact Lab http://bit.ly/WjKtqO

3D Petrie exhibition in the news: "Where Science meets Heritage at UCL-Qatar." UCL http://bit.ly/W2gY2i

Virtual Autopsy at British Museum in last few days: British Museum http://bit.ly/UK2hJN

Karnak: Where the digital age meets ancient Egypt. By Andrew Lawler. Humanities magazine http://1.usa.gov/WhuKbE

Disappearing heritage of Sudan,1820-1956: Photographic and filmic exploration in Sudan 17th Jan–30th Apr 2013. Durham http://bit.ly/4t44h4

Lady Wallis Budge Junior Research Fellowship in Egyptology. University of Oxford http://bit.ly/13fdrPI

Obituary: André et Etienne Bernand, jumeaux, égyptologues et morts le même jour http://bit.ly/Vz3E2x

Egypt Salfists forced to cancel preaching event at ancient Pharaoh temple. Al Arabiya http://bit.ly/11ZCmYb

Book review by Valentino Gasperini: Jaime Alvar, Los cultos egipcios en Hispania. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. http://bit.ly/W2Bgsq

AE blue pigment used 5,000 years ago is giving modern scientists clues toward the development of new nanomaterials http://bit.ly/Yo4sX1

BBC interview with Professor Dimitri Laboury re the newly discovered Vizier's tomb with its small pyramid in Luxor. http://bbc.in/UR3Z1x

Ancient Worlds: Mummy exhibition in Manchester. Click link at bottom of page to see more pages and pics on the story. http://itv.co/XOx4JE

Trabajos en las excavaciones en la Tumba Tebana 39, Luxor: un complejo que funcionó como lugar de peregrinaje http://bit.ly/ZBAa7D

High Definition Surveying (HDS) at Malqata.. HDS scanning is a relatively new tool in surveying. iMalqata dig diary http://bit.ly/YJzgzS

The annual report on Abu Simbel solar event. Al Masry Al Youm. http://bit.ly/15czCoi

Wood-turning in Manchester and Ancient Egypt. Report with photos re Geoff Killen's AE wood-turning demonstration http://bit.ly/ZoCH1b

Old projects, new projects. Brooklyn Museum team back at the Temple of Mut, updating their dig diary. Lots of photos. http://bit.ly/YQ7hP5

Amara West dig diary: a kaleidoscope of life and death in Egyptian Kush http://bit.ly/Yig7Z5

What's the use of a PhD? Can we remake the humanities PhD to have better job prospects? Megan McArdle The Daily Beast http://thebea.st/YFxhhe

Book Review by Tim Reid: Sunken Egypt: Alexandria. Franck Goddio, Andre Bernand. Periplus Publishing. Egyptians blog http://bit.ly/YpK1KZ

Pigmento de la era faraónica puede ayudar a la nanotecnología. Prensa Latina http://bit.ly/UXbHHg

Via Willeke Wendrich ‏@wzzw. Two new and related articles in the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology: The Akh and the Northern Bald Ibis (Akh-bird). http://escholarship.org/uc/nelc_uee

Via Kate Wong ‏@katewong. Check out @hpringle's spectacular cover story on the evolution of human creativity in the March @sciam http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-origin-human-creativity-suprisingly-complex …

Via Kasia Szpakowska ‏@SakhmetK. Another Egyptology position! http://www.ku.dk/english/available_positions/vip/ …

Via Chris Naunton ‏@chrisnaunton. Two Egyptological jobs going in Copenhagen: http://www.offentlige-stillinger.dk/sites/cfml/kbhuni/kbhuniVis.cfm?plugin=1&englishJobs=Yes&nJobNo=211129&nLangNo=2 … and http://www.offentlige-stillinger.dk/sites/cfml/kbh

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