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| Amun in the form of a Ram, Kawa, Nubia. c.680BC. 1931.553. Ashmolean Museum |
Fieldwork
The British Museum website has new pages re the BM and Sudan Archaeological Research Society excavations at Kawa http://bit.ly/ZAGZYd
Free online
RT historyancient Free online: Revisiting the harem conspiracy and death of Ramesses III. British Medical Journal http://ow.ly/k9FwH
Edition 8 of Egyptological’s Magazine is now up at http://www.egyptological.com . The contents list is on the home page. Sorry it took so long 🙂
Books
Audio: Peter Lacovara talking about his book “Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile” (AUC 2012). 3 mins. Emory http://bit.ly/YwZuq9
Book review: T. M. Hickey, Wine, Wealth, and the State in Late Antique Egypt. University of Michigan Press 2012. BMCR http://bit.ly/15owQzd
Conferences
American Research Centre in Egypt Annual Conference 2013, 19th-21st April. Em Hotep bit.ly/11k7Y67
Museums and exhibitions
Curating Ancient Egypt at the Manchester Museum. Ancient Egypt in Vancouver http://bit.ly/175da1f
Exhibition. El Louvre organiza la primera muestra mundial sobre el dibujo en el antiguo Egipto 19/04-22/07. Ushebtis http://bit.ly/12n0xNW
Via Gwyn Ashworth-Pratt. Cairo to Constantinople: Early Photos of the Middle East at the Queen’s Gallery. Culture24 http://bit.ly/ZaANyT
‘Echoes of Egypt’ reveals ancient culture’s impact across the millennia. Yale News http://bit.ly/15iunpX
Heritage Management
Egypt’s Jewish community to refuse Israeli financial help for renovation of Egypt’s ancient Jewish synagogues. Ahram http://bit.ly/110wetF
Research
More re scan of Amunet. “Egyptian Mummy from OHS Collection Undergoes CT Scan.” Wall Street Journal http://on.wsj.com/ZtrCxY
Egyptomania
Egyptianized 1920s cinema reopens in Paris (with pics) IHT http://nyti.ms/XRizZe . Also a great video (in Spanish) at http://on-msn.com/ZBw3Th