At the core of it: a Late Palaeolithic workshop, Wadi Kubbaniya, Upper Egypt. K.M. Banks & J.S. Snortland Antiquity http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/banks335/
Experts doubt that the bones unearthed in 1904 in Turkey, belonged to Arsinoe IV, Cleopatra’s half-sister. CS Monitor http://bit.ly/WpxG63
Restoration Centre to be established at the Grand Egyptian Museum. Daily News Egypt http://bit.ly/13eIivP
Job: Egypt Exploration Society, London, UK. Publications Manager http://ees.ac.uk/news/news/212.html …
The mastaba of Neferherenptah at Saqqara (“The Bird Tomb”) is now on wonderful Osirisnet at http://bit.ly/VUKpAL
New Digital Publication: Aksum and Nubia: Warfare, Commerce, and Political Fictions in Ancient Northeast Africa. AWOL http://bit.ly/YJcqtK
Photographs of the shoes found in Luxor temple. Discovery News http://bit.ly/YIclZq
Antiquities ministry rejects finance ministry proposal to rent Egypt’s famous sites to tourism companies Ahram Online http://bit.ly/ZRkvRV
Lost and Found: Ancient Shoes Turn Up in Egypt Temple. Live Science http://bit.ly/13fKN1i
Spotlighting Fake Antiquities with Record Keeping Laws, quoting case of fake AE statue. Cultural Heritage Lawyer http://bit.ly/VlEoOk
The little-known archaeology of Gharb Aswan, Upper Egypt. Per Storemyr’s Archaeology and Conservation blog http://bit.ly/YFP2v9
Statue of Champollion criticized by Egypt 135 years after it was placed in Collège de France in Paris. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/15YgRWY
Environment: Climate change and water mismanagement parch Egypt http://bit.ly/13QTivj
Em Hotep Digest vol. 02 no. 07: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt. http://bit.ly/Xx5ZLW
Article: The Egyptian Fortress in Jaffa. With photogrpahs. Popular Archaeology http://bit.ly/13uWH7n
First Vatican Coffin Conference. Vatican Museums, with Musée du Louvre, Paris and Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden http://bit.ly/14cKGPS
Last week of excavation at the Temple of Mut, Karnak, with lots of photos. Brooklyn Museum http://bit.ly/Xvdxhp
Job: Egypt Exploration Society in London UK is looking for an enthusiastic and well-organised Office Manager http://bit.ly/15gSdPZ
New Book: Images of Ancient Nubia. With slideshow. Oxford University Press http://bit.ly/YJ8XeS
The Man Who Thought Like A Ship – author writing about the background to a book, looking at an Egyptian ship model http://bit.ly/13ko2Jk
Aerial photography at Malqata as the dig closes for the season: http://imalqata.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/balloons-over-malqata/ …
Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 5:1 is a special issue regarding seafaring and maritime interconnections http://bit.ly/jBBHdJ
To celebrate 50th anniversary of the film Cleopatra, the restored premiere version is released on Blu-ray. comingsoon http://bit.ly/ZIxd1w
Book review by Tim Reid: Abu Simbel. By William MacQuitty. G.P. Putnam’s Sons 1965. http://bit.ly/Yfj3ok
Very sad attack on the lovely 1910 Villa Casdagli in Cairo. Cairobserver http://bit.ly/YJ77uw More photos here: http://bit.ly/13vvRMc
Karnak Hypostyle Hall Project: Website now includes photo coverage of all Hypostyle Hall interior wall scenes. http://www.memphis.edu/hypostyle/
Egyptian mummy’s elaborate hairstyle revealed in 3-D, a style that may have been inspired by Roman empress. NBC News http://nbcnews.to/Y5jZZI
Applications are invited to TVAES 2013 Donation Fund (for AE field work, research, epigraphy and conservation). http://bit.ly/Wn8Nx6
The 27th International Congress of Papyrology in 2013 will be held in Warsaw. 29th July to 3rd August. Details are at http://bit.ly/ZUd5gO
I was very glad to attend the Margaret (Peggy) Drower memorial evening at the @PetrieMuseEgypt last week. Great speakers and great stories.
Call For Papers – new, peer-reviewed Birmingham Egyptology Journal. http://birminghamegyptology.co.uk/
Job: Herbert Thompson Lecturer in Ancient Egyptian Language. University of Cambridge. http://bit.ly/ZFYdCB
New book: Seth – A Misrepresented God in the Ancient Egyptian Pantheon? by Philip John Turner. Archaeopress http://bit.ly/ZxvoV2
Bones found in Turkey are thought by archaeologist to be those of Cleopatra’s half-sister. Newsobserver http://bit.ly/15LLfDJ