Egypt
- Conference: Experiment And Experience - Ancient Egypt In The Present
Swansea University Conference Page Conference announcement EXPERIMENT and EXPERIENCE: ANCIENT EGYPT in the PRESENT Please see http://www.swan.ac.uk/egypt/conference010.htm for the full announcement, programme and booking form. We have discounted rates...
- Egypt Centre Achieves Accreditation
This Is Swansea Supporters of Swansea's Egypt Centre have been given a pat on the back this week after it achieved an accreditation award. The museum, which is based on the campus of Swansea University, is also enjoying a double celebration — it...
- 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...
- Rhind Papyrus & Vr Book Of The Dead
http://tinyurl.com/bdzde "An ancient Egyptian mathematical scroll believed to be more than 3,500 years old will go on display in Wales on Thursday. The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus has been lent to the University of Swansea from the British Museum for a...
- A Week Of Discoveries
The recent events of the last week include the discovery from the Wellcome collection at Swansea University Egypt Center that a mummified baby in the collection long thought as a fake because the hieroglyphic inscription on it is meaningless, has through...
Egypt
Discussions re the Tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep
http://www.swan.ac.uk/egypt/infosheetgen/Conference2005.htm
Thanks very much to Carolyn Graves-Brown for the following information: The debate concerning the tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep has receieved coverage in the Times Higher Eduaction Supplement for 28th October page 18-19. As it states, this topic will be discussed in the Egypt Centre Conference in Swansea on 19th-20th December 2005. See the above URL for details. The article, by Steve Farrar, is entitled 'Is this the earliest image of a gay couple' and summarises the various views of Greg Reeder, John Baines, David O'Connor, Thomas Dowson and Richard Parkinson. With the exception of John Baines, all will be there to join in what promises to be a lively discussion in Swansea in December.
For other events taking place at Swansea, see the following URL:
http://www.swan.ac.uk/egypt/events/events.htm
- Conference: Experiment And Experience - Ancient Egypt In The Present
Swansea University Conference Page Conference announcement EXPERIMENT and EXPERIENCE: ANCIENT EGYPT in the PRESENT Please see http://www.swan.ac.uk/egypt/conference010.htm for the full announcement, programme and booking form. We have discounted rates...
- Egypt Centre Achieves Accreditation
This Is Swansea Supporters of Swansea's Egypt Centre have been given a pat on the back this week after it achieved an accreditation award. The museum, which is based on the campus of Swansea University, is also enjoying a double celebration — it...
- 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...
- Rhind Papyrus & Vr Book Of The Dead
http://tinyurl.com/bdzde "An ancient Egyptian mathematical scroll believed to be more than 3,500 years old will go on display in Wales on Thursday. The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus has been lent to the University of Swansea from the British Museum for a...
- A Week Of Discoveries
The recent events of the last week include the discovery from the Wellcome collection at Swansea University Egypt Center that a mummified baby in the collection long thought as a fake because the hieroglyphic inscription on it is meaningless, has through...