Egypt
- Online Resource: Inora
International Newsletter on Rock Art For anyone interested in rock art, Egyptian or otherwise, it may be worth checking out the above INORA page. The newsletter is available to download free of charge in PDF format. The most recent issue showing on the...
- Egyptian Puzzle Of A Silent Embrace
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/21/healthscience/snembrace.phpAn article about Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep, two men sharing a single tomb: "Though not of the nobility, they were highly esteemed in the palace as the chief manicurists of the king, sometime...
- Conditions In The Cairo Museum Basement
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/international/africa/01museum.html A New York Times article about the conditions in the Cairo Museum basement: "Step through a small, Hobbit-sized door, down a steep flight of stairs and through a locked gate. The basement...
- New Predynastic Publications
www.archaeopress.co.uk A couple of new publications re the Predynastic have recently been released by BAR: Tristant, Y. - L'habitat prédynastique de la Vallee du Nil : vivre sur les rives du Nil aux Ve et IVe millenaires Yokell, C. - Modeling...
- African Pastoral: Archaeologists Rewrite History Of Farming
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/27/science/27farm.html A good article discussing the latest theories about the origins of agriculture. Agriculture appears to have been adopted in an entirely different way in Africa, and recent and ongoing genetic studies...
Egypt
The Ancient Art of Africa, at Risk
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/08/arts/design/08rock.htm
I've included this article because although it doesn't mention Egypt, it deals with a subject that is of concern to many archaeologists looking at the rock art of Egypt, including that of the Eastern Desert. This article highlights some of the man-made problems facing those wishing to conserve the art, including graffiti and the actual physical removal of some pieces: "Unlike the rock art buried deep in caves in southern Europe, African art was painted and etched on rock faces far more exposed to the elements - and the public. Looting of the treasures also seems more commonplace".
NYTimes is a subscription site. Username - egyptnews, Password - egyptnews
- Online Resource: Inora
International Newsletter on Rock Art For anyone interested in rock art, Egyptian or otherwise, it may be worth checking out the above INORA page. The newsletter is available to download free of charge in PDF format. The most recent issue showing on the...
- Egyptian Puzzle Of A Silent Embrace
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/21/healthscience/snembrace.phpAn article about Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep, two men sharing a single tomb: "Though not of the nobility, they were highly esteemed in the palace as the chief manicurists of the king, sometime...
- Conditions In The Cairo Museum Basement
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/international/africa/01museum.html A New York Times article about the conditions in the Cairo Museum basement: "Step through a small, Hobbit-sized door, down a steep flight of stairs and through a locked gate. The basement...
- New Predynastic Publications
www.archaeopress.co.uk A couple of new publications re the Predynastic have recently been released by BAR: Tristant, Y. - L'habitat prédynastique de la Vallee du Nil : vivre sur les rives du Nil aux Ve et IVe millenaires Yokell, C. - Modeling...
- African Pastoral: Archaeologists Rewrite History Of Farming
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/27/science/27farm.html A good article discussing the latest theories about the origins of agriculture. Agriculture appears to have been adopted in an entirely different way in Africa, and recent and ongoing genetic studies...