Egypt
- A Degree In Egyptology For Children
Egypt Centre Swansea blog (Carolyn Graves-Brown) This morning Wendy (assistant curator), Ros (museum assistant) and Ashleigh (volunteer manager) are off to the annual award ceremony for Children’s University and I am left holding the fort....
- Book Review: Alexander The Great: Myth, Genesis And Sexuality
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Thomas M. Banchich) Daniel Ogden, Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2011. Daniel Ogden’s book is as much about the dynamics of the appropriation...
- Online Resources For Study Of Writing Surfaces
Egypt Exploration Society Following the very successful seminar on scribes and writing surfaces, 'Inside the Mind of the Scribe' at Doughty Mews on 14 April 2012, we are delighted to be able to provide links to a number of online resources to...
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Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) On Saturday, I met up with the Young Archaeologists Club (YAC) to do a spot of hieroglyph translation. For the session, I chose this short text on an object currently displayed in the Museum’s Discovery...
- New Book: Bulletin Of The Egyptological Seminar Of New York, Volume 17 (2008)
David Brown Book Company Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar of New York, Volume 17 (2008): Studies in Memory of James F. Romano, edited by James P. Allen James F. Romano, curator of Egyptian art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, was a leading figure...
Egypt
The ACCES Seminar at the Egypt Centre
Ancient Egyptian Cobra Project (Kasia Szpakowska)
Well worth reading through this great summary of what sounds like an excellent day:
The event was also well covered by Campbell Price, who also clearly enjoyed the day considerably. See his post on the Egypt At The Manchester Museum blog.
Well worth reading through this great summary of what sounds like an excellent day:
Back from a wonderful day long seminar hosted by Swansea's Egypt Centre for ACCES on More Than Musty Mummies: Novel Approaches to Egyptology and the Public
The description states that "Often display of mummies is seen as the obvious way to get the public involved in Egyptology. This seminar intends to highlight some of the more innovative approaches to inspiring the public with all things Egyptological." It certainly did that and more! I came away from it inspired by every speaker. I offer here just a few quick highlights and ruminations in no particular order, and some of the ideas sparked and kindled
The event was also well covered by Campbell Price, who also clearly enjoyed the day considerably. See his post on the Egypt At The Manchester Museum blog.
- A Degree In Egyptology For Children
Egypt Centre Swansea blog (Carolyn Graves-Brown) This morning Wendy (assistant curator), Ros (museum assistant) and Ashleigh (volunteer manager) are off to the annual award ceremony for Children’s University and I am left holding the fort....
- Book Review: Alexander The Great: Myth, Genesis And Sexuality
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Thomas M. Banchich) Daniel Ogden, Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2011. Daniel Ogden’s book is as much about the dynamics of the appropriation...
- Online Resources For Study Of Writing Surfaces
Egypt Exploration Society Following the very successful seminar on scribes and writing surfaces, 'Inside the Mind of the Scribe' at Doughty Mews on 14 April 2012, we are delighted to be able to provide links to a number of online resources to...
-
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) On Saturday, I met up with the Young Archaeologists Club (YAC) to do a spot of hieroglyph translation. For the session, I chose this short text on an object currently displayed in the Museum’s Discovery...
- New Book: Bulletin Of The Egyptological Seminar Of New York, Volume 17 (2008)
David Brown Book Company Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar of New York, Volume 17 (2008): Studies in Memory of James F. Romano, edited by James P. Allen James F. Romano, curator of Egyptian art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, was a leading figure...