{"id":652314,"date":"2013-04-14T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serkadis.com\/index\/?guid=209d5d055a19dbbbccaf4cb7ef3538c2"},"modified":"2013-04-14T08:14:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T12:14:34","slug":"egyptology-news-11th-14th-april-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/652314","title":{"rendered":"Egyptology News 11th – 14th April 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Feline. Qasr el Dush, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
My photos of Victorian Egyptian Revival tombs at Kensal Green Cemetery,  a Petrie Museum visit led by Cathie Bryan, on Facebook but no Facebook account required to view the album http:\/\/<\/span>on.fb.me\/111S6U4<\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Site Management plan for the Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III mortuary temple project. Luxor Times http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/ZshwjC<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/div>\n
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Tercera estatua colosal que presid\u00eda la entrada norte del templo funerario de Amenofis III espeara su cabeza. http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/Y1EcVY<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/b> <\/div>\n
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Scenes from a Revolution part 7 – the looting of El Hibeh. With photographs. Hodder Education http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/16VU5yA<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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And still more about the papyrus and the Red Sea port on Discovery News http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/ZQFUvk<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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More on the discovery of the 4th Dynasty port on the Red Sea coast. Egypt Independent http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/Zpzg8r<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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French-Egyptian archaeological mission discover the oldest commercial harbour from 4th Dynasty Khufu. Ahram Online http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/16VuJPu<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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A new discovery: 4500 years-old port, 40 papyri and 30 caves sealed by King Khufu’s Royal Cartouche. Luxor Times http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/14ldR99<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Los papiros del fara\u00f3n Keops en el puerto m\u00e1s antiguo. El Mundo http:\/\/<\/span>mun.do\/10Q0xmP<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Via Chris Naunton. Excellent slideshow looking at how Tutankhamun’s portrait evolved. 82nd and 5th at the Met Museum http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/ZMZiSK<\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div>\n
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Via GEM. If you fancy some heritage volunteering with a difference – writers and editors needed at GEM! http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/YtjZTa<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
Volunteer opportunity: Interested in being the online voice of Group for Education in Museums. 6th item http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/tZxrsX<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/strong><\/div>\n
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The potential of Virtual Reality for virtual visits to ancient sites, amongst other things. New Scientist http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/YO06eQ<\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Un incendie toujours inexpliqu\u00e9 a ravag\u00e9 le Mus\u00e9e Cuming o\u00f9 \u00e9taient expos\u00e9es pi\u00e8ces de l\u2019Egypte Ancienne. Ahram Hebdo http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/11alGJM<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Egyptian mummies yield genetic secrets. Next-generation sequencing finds DNA preserved in hot climates. Nature http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/1715Ba4<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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The Documentation Centre for Sinai Heritage will soon open in Serabit Al-Khadim. Ahram Online http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/16PsJKs<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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New Book: Djekhy & Son. Doing Business in Ancient Egypt. K. D. van Heel. AUC http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/XK4wEK<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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 New Book: Christianity and Monasticism in Aswan and Nubia, eds Gawdat Gabra, Hany Takla. AUC http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/1305H13<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Tawahibre all tied up – applying pressure to the right places in the conservation lab. Penn Museum http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/RUJaNa<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Egyptian tourism is continuing to suffer, with hotel occupancy in Luxor during the Easter peak at just 17%. Telegraph http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/XFgaRe<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Jornadas t\u00e9cnicas sobre momias. M\u00e9todos y propuestas para su preservaci\u00f3n. ehu http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/ZTqdMT<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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New British Museum Future Curator, Anna Garnett, describes her experiences on Manchester Museum’s blog http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/10Vf7Li<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Good to see that the Gebel el Silsila Spring season will start on 15th April. See the Gebel el Silsila dig diary at http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/ZTpM5d<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Book review by Tim Reid: “Unwrapping a Mummy” by John H. Taylor. University of Texas Press 1996. Egyptians http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/14mDzdo<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div>\n
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Book Review: D.E. McCoskey,”Race: Antiquity and Its Legacy. Ancients and Moderns” Oxford University Press, 2012 BMCR http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/178f27w<\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div>\n
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In French. More re neglect of Cairo public parks. Looks at the decades-long decline of once lovely Ezbekiyah garden. http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/176eFua<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Via Neal Spencer <\/span>Archaeologists -> Archaeology: the 1930s Univ. Michigan dig-house at Dime, Fayum (ancient town on horizon) http:\/\/<\/span>db.tt\/zLLeXrkZ<\/span><\/a> <\/div>\n
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Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Copied from Twitter @egyptologynews.    Feline. Qasr el Dush, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert My photos of Victorian Egyptian Revival tombs at Kensal Green Cemetery,  a Petrie Museum visit led by Cathie Bryan, on Facebook but no Facebook account required to view the album http:\/\/on.fb.me\/111S6U4  Site Management plan for the Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III mortuary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6848,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-652314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}