{"id":656657,"date":"2013-04-06T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serkadis.com\/index\/?guid=23cdbbf3fd2e0fcc8ab4a16427503252"},"modified":"2013-04-22T16:45:54","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T20:45:54","slug":"egyptology-news-from-23rd-march-to-6th-april-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/656657","title":{"rendered":"Egyptology News from 23rd March to 6th April 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’ve been in Switzerland for my birthday, so apologies for the rather long post, taken from my Twitter account.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Sobek, Ashmolean Museum<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Via Maria Nilsson \u200f@DrMariaNilsson
Using Inscriptions from the Antiquities Market: Polarized Positions and Pragmatic Proposals | http:\/\/asorblog.org\/?p=4282 <\/a><\/p>\n

Museums should engage tourists with content rather than brand for the sake of themselves and the sector. The Guardian http:\/\/bit.ly\/Z6g9Qr <\/a><\/p>\n

In French: British Council seminar shows the role played by the Delta in Egypt at different times. Hebdo Ahram Online http:\/\/bit.ly\/12twPoW <\/a><\/p>\n

New Book: Icons of Power \u2013 Revelations though ancient Egyptian art, Anthony Spalinger, Charles Univ. Scoop NZ http:\/\/bit.ly\/ZDv9Fs<\/a> <\/p>\n

Aidan Dodson, President of the EES: “L\u2019Egypte risque de perdre une partie de son histoire” Hebdo Ahram Online http:\/\/bit.ly\/YBSFHj <\/a><\/p>\n

A new interactive map of the ancient Mediterranean http:\/\/www.ancient.eu.com\/map\/ <\/a><\/p>\n

Job: The EES is looking for a new Fieldwork & Engagement Manager to bethe Society’s main representative in Egypt.http:\/\/bit.ly\/Xiv5yk <\/a><\/p>\n

Significant evidence of 17th Dynasty found by Djehuty Project in Luxor. EurekAlert http:\/\/bit.ly\/XXhvSS<\/a>  and PhysOrg http:\/\/bit.ly\/Z6F4EC <\/a><\/p>\n

Rus Gant, Giza 3D and George Reisnser\u2019s Legacy: An Em Hotep \u2013 Pyramidales Interview. http:\/\/bit.ly\/Y0LfOH <\/a><\/p>\n

Museums Association survey of UK public attitude to museums suggests they are some of the most trusted organisations http:\/\/bit.ly\/1016tdP <\/a><\/p>\n

New Book: “Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Champollion. Notice descriptive des monuments \u00e9gyptiens du mus\u00e9e Charles X.” Kheops http:\/\/bit.ly\/Xttvfq <\/a><\/p>\n

Freemasons and Ancient Egypt at Kensal Green Cemetery, London. http:\/\/bit.ly\/12p18xd<\/a> <\/p>\n

Via Neal Spencer \u200f@NealSpencer_BM 4 Apr
A chronology (with posters) of every temporary exhibition @britishmuseum 1838-2012 http:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/research\/publications\/research_publications_series\/research_publications_online\/chronology_of_exhibitions.aspx<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n

Free online: The failed reforms of Akhenaten and Muwatalli. Itamar Singer. BMSAES, 6 (2006), 37-58 @historyancient http:\/\/bit.ly\/XRBy59 <\/a><\/p>\n

Off-topic “The life of man: solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short”. Thomas Hobbes, born today 1588. History Today http:\/\/bit.ly\/ZgIR8o<\/a> <\/p>\n

Pre-healthcare modern Egypt. With help on hand from health barbers and folk healers, health aid was never far away http:\/\/bit.ly\/10y4qh6 <\/a><\/p>\n

Summary of Aidan Dodson’s lecture at the AUC on the royal family after the death of Ramses II. Daily News Egypt http:\/\/bit.ly\/Zb8kZQ <\/a><\/p>\n

Exhibition: “Echoes of Egypt:Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs” at Yale Peabody Museum. With photos. http:\/\/bit.ly\/14SjvPg<\/a> <\/p>\n

Farro or emmer wheat, once a staple in AE being cultivated once again. Offers an insight into its uses. Oxford Press http:\/\/bit.ly\/XhcsLk <\/a><\/p>\n

Forthcoming: Foreigners and Egyptians in the Late Egyptian Stories, Camilla Di Biase-Dyson. Brill http:\/\/bit.ly\/10BugA6 <\/a><\/p>\n

New Book: The Life of J.D. \u00c5kerblad, Egyptian Decipherment and Orientalism in Revolutionary Times, F.Thomasson. Brill http:\/\/bit.ly\/WcRe0U<\/a> <\/p>\n

In Spanish: Egypt to ask tourists to donate a dollar for each night spent in Egypt to fund Grand Museum. Vanguardia http:\/\/bit.ly\/Zd5zhy <\/a><\/p>\n

Curse of Tutankhamun, 90 years on. Past Horizons http:\/\/bit.ly\/ZbVdI3 <\/a><\/p>\n

New project explores influence of Egyptian archaeological finds in sculpture 1907 to 1939 and Petrie’s responses. UCL http:\/\/bit.ly\/10f0m5J<\/a> <\/p>\n

Elimination of Mubarak’s police services left aan open invitation to trespass without fear of reprisal. USA Today http:\/\/usat.ly\/10waUho<\/a> <\/p>\n

Curator’s Choice: Amber Druce picks a tomb painting from Pharaoh Reborn. Culture24 http:\/\/bit.ly\/14N3udt <\/a><\/p>\n

Archaeologists Uncover Rare Leather from Ancient Egyptian Chariot. AUC Egypt http:\/\/bit.ly\/XyaQye <\/a><\/p>\n

Via Chris Naunton \u200f@chrisnaunton 4 Apr
New book L’Egypte Dessinee by B Cassiers on 18\/19\/20th cen artists who painted Eg monuments w new works by the author http:\/\/www.lycaons.eu\/images.html <\/a><\/p>\n

Russian photographer apologizes for climbing Great Pyramid of Giza (with photos). NY Daily News http:\/\/nydn.us\/YK9G4w <\/a><\/p>\n

China specialist Prof Anthony Barbieri-Low receives Mellon New Directions Fellowship to research Egypt. Noozhawk http:\/\/bit.ly\/10ew9Up <\/a><\/p>\n

90th anniversary of the curse of Tutankhamen \u2013 how a modern myth was born. Univ Manchester http:\/\/bit.ly\/YUtI9M <\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester Mus holds 2 important objects that provide evidence for use of masks in ancient Egypt. Manchester Museum http:\/\/bit.ly\/10Gr0VR <\/a><\/p>\n

Reassembling of the Two Colossi of Amenhotep III at North Gate of his Funerary Temple, West Bank, Luxor.. Luxor Times http:\/\/bit.ly\/12lPoLJ <\/a><\/p>\n

Site Management plan for the Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III mortuary temple project. Luxor Times http:\/\/bit.ly\/10zeBBk <\/a><\/p>\n

Article re recent conference. Thonis-Heracleion, sunken gateway to Egypt in 1st mill.BC. With photos. Past Horizons http:\/\/bit.ly\/X9qCjQ <\/a><\/p>\n

Update from the Tell Basta Project http:\/\/tellbasta.tumblr.com\/post\/46430050559\/heart-of-glass<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n

Object biography #12: A wooden shabti of King Seti I (Acc.no.13906) by Campbell Price. Manchester Museum http:\/\/bit.ly\/10gddTT<\/a> <\/p>\n

New book on Cleopatra argues that the \u201cQueen of Kings\u201d did not take her own life. Smithsonian Mag http:\/\/bit.ly\/173Rnbb <\/a><\/p>\n

Birds in ancient Egyptian society: some brief notes. Joyce Filer’s blog http:\/\/bit.ly\/10n95BB <\/a><\/p>\n

Part 2 of Dean Kalimniou’s look at the Greek connection in Sudan, focusing on the survival of the Greek language http:\/\/bit.ly\/14uivk0 <\/a><\/p>\n

Part one of Dean Kalimniou’s look at the Greek connection in Sudan http:\/\/neoskosmos.com\/news\/en\/greeks-in-sudan-part-one <\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

Progress by the EES Minufiyeh Survey team in the Delta http:\/\/minufiyeh.tumblr.com\/post\/46785854575\/progress<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n

Interview re new book: The Archaeology of Race \u2013 The Eugenic Ideas of Francis Galton and Flinders Petrie. UCL http:\/\/bit.ly\/13Ut7tj <\/a><\/p>\n

Ancient Kingdoms in the land of war – the archaeology of Sudan. New York Times http:\/\/nyti.ms\/YV55Xg<\/a> <\/p>\n

With security ebbing and prices rising, the sustained drop-off in Egypt tourism has hurt the impoverished. NY Times http:\/\/nyti.ms\/Yw7paI <\/a><\/p>\n

Djehuty Project: Arque\u00f3logos espa\u00f1oles descubren en Dra Abu el-Naga, Luxor, cuatro tumbas de la dinast\u00eda XVII. ABC.es http:\/\/bit.ly\/Z7KmFG <\/a><\/p>\n

La campa\u00f1a 2013 de excavaciones de la UJA, Asu\u00e1n, constata la complejidad de la estructura de las tumbas. europapress http:\/\/bit.ly\/ZaePfn <\/a><\/p>\n

Book review by Tim Reid: Mummies: Death and Life in Ancient Egypt, James Hamilton-Paterson and Carol Andrews, Penguin http:\/\/bit.ly\/12iTrw5 <\/a><\/p>\n

Egypt revolution brings golden age for tomb raiders. http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-21960373<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n

EES Delta Survey dig diary is being started up again for the new season http:\/\/deltasurvey.tumblr.com<\/a>\/ <\/p>\n

Priceless Egyptian treasures feared destroyed in Cuming Museum (South London) museum fire. http:\/\/bit.ly\/YxutIj <\/a><\/p>\n

New York Prosecutors Seek to Forfeit Ancient Egyptian Artifacts. Cultural Heritage Lawyer http:\/\/bit.ly\/104kqVA <\/a><\/p>\n

Site of Al Bordan site destroyed by illegal construction in spite of intervention by police and archaeologists. http:\/\/bit.ly\/ZXQcoJ <\/a><\/p>\n

Travel. Siwa, the field of trees. With photos. Alrahalah http:\/\/www.alrahalah.com\/2013\/03\/siwa-the-field-of-trees<\/a>\/ \u2026<\/p>\n

It’s a boy: Albany museum’s mummy’s true identity revealed. http:\/\/bit.ly\/14ijeF1 <\/a><\/p>\n

Seizure of 5 Egyptian artifacts dating back to 2,000 B.C. on their way from Dubai to a Michigan antique dealer. http:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/2013\/03\/22\/55962.htm<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n

2,400-Year-Old Myths of Mummy-Making Busted http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/28097-herodotus-mummy-evisceration-wrong.html<\/a> \u2026 <\/p>\n

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Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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