Egyptology News for 7th April 2013

Copied from today’s Twitter posts @egyptologynews.

Predynastic Comb. Nubia Museum, Aswan
Missed this BBC video whilst away: smugglers have been digging underground tunnels to find archaeological treasures.  
Khaled Fahmy compares palaces in Italy, Scotland and Egypt and laments the condition of those in Egypt. Ahram Online  
Seminario Internacional sobre los templos de los Millones de Años de la ribera Oeste de Tebas. AEDE  
Petition: Urgent call to stop the pillaging of Egypt’s heritage.  
My most successful Photoshop cut-out to date. The lovely Ashmolean Museum head of Sobek. I took the photo last year.  
Sad piece re Egypt’s neglected public and historic gardens and parks. L’agonie d’une splendeur fanée. Al Ahram Hebdo  
Newsletter for the March season of the Amarna Project 2013. I’ve posted the email update on Egyptology News  
A restored historical neighborhood in Cairo might fall into disarray. Egypt Independent  
Jean-Luc Martinez is the new boss of the Louvre and a number of the museum’s projects. Daily Star Lebanon  
Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Egypt after Mubarak. The Ancient Near East Today  
Happy Birthday, curse of Tutankhamun. Live Science  
More re Egypt’s dollar-a-night fundraising scheme to secure build of Grand Egyptian Museum. Al Arabiya  
Nice post re co-existence of Nile-side and nomadic populations. Challenges tradition of purely north-south corridor.