{"id":659976,"date":"2013-05-23T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serkadis.com\/index\/?guid=17faca4e36b8a3469118fd99ff700a06"},"modified":"2013-05-23T08:11:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T12:11:08","slug":"egyptology-news-from-20th-to-23rd-may-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/659976","title":{"rendered":"Egyptology News from 20th to 23rd May 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fieldwork <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Penn curator Joe Wegner continues excavations at mortuary complex of Pharaoh Senwosret III, Abydos.Penn Artifactlab http:\/\/bit.ly\/11a1cnf <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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Hand in Hand with Politics: The Challenges of Egyptian Studies in Serbia by B. An\u0111elkovi\u0107. Friends of ASOR Newsletter. http:\/\/asorblog.org\/?p=4490 <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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Heritage Management and Looting<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Egypt\u2019s poor management of ancient monuments draws threat from UNESCO. Daily News Egypt http:\/\/bit.ly\/19WhtLS <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Minister for Antiquities says that UNESCO is not threatening to remove 6 sites from World Heritage List. Ahram Online http:\/\/bit.ly\/11Vvw6J <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Archaeologists denounce \u201cdisgraceful\u201d plundering of the city of Antinopolis, built by Emperor Hadrian. The Art Newspaper<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/164Sxpk<\/a> and <\/span><\/span><\/span>Past Horizons<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/18g5wBS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ancient Egyptian Literature Theory and Practice. Edited by Roland Enmarch and Verena M. Lepper. OUP http:\/\/bit.ly\/184k21N <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Extended edition of Anubis, Bibliography on Mummies, Mummification and; Related Subjects. C.de Vartavan and I.Waanders http:\/\/bit.ly\/10S3K4F <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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From Old Cairo to the New World: Coptic Studies Presented to Gawdat Gabra. Colloquia Antiqua 9. Peeters<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/184krkP <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Conferences<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
The British Museum continued its support of Sudanese archaeology with an international conference. Sudan Vision Daily http:\/\/bit.ly\/ZdItHt <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Czech Inst. of Egyptology announces international conference: Profane landscapes, sacred spaces. miroslav.barta [at] ff.cuni.cz <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Museums and exhibitions<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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Alexandria plans for a new maritime museum at site of Qaitbay citadel. Archaeology News Network http:\/\/bit.ly\/13NhuSj <\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n
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Call for general public volunteers (14-65 yrs old) for the new Petrie Museum website to appraise work done so far: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/16b4PfU <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ancient Egyptian Architecture Online provides vetted, standardized architectural drawings of a selection of buildings http:\/\/dai.aegaron.ucla.edu <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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MUDIRA: Joint project to digitize and provide access to the collections of images held at two Munich institutions. http:\/\/bit.ly\/168xGBq <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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Short article: “Archaeology after the Arab Spring” by Jesse Casana. Friends of ASOR Newsletter <\/span>http:\/\/asorblog.org\/?p=4417 <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Short article in Spanish about the Turin papyrus that shows a Ramesside map of the Eastern Desert goldmines. Ushebtis http:\/\/bit.ly\/Zabio1 <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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Journals, Magazines and Newsletters<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Damqatum, the CEHAO newsletter, 2012, n\u00ba 8, in English: UCA http:\/\/bit.ly\/10VjbJj <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

Job Opportunities<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Job: British Museum: Curator, Department of Ancient Egypt & Sudan, with responsibilities for research and outreach. http:\/\/bit.ly\/10iJ7hX <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n


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Miscellaneous <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Northampton faces legal challenge over Sekhemka statue sale from Marquis of Northampton. Museums Journal<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/10U7Vgf <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA) archives now officially registered with the Library of Congress. <\/span>AERA http:\/\/bit.ly\/13LfZkl <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

 
Zahi Hawass, long-reigning king of AE antiquities was forced into exile but is now plotting a return. Smithsonian Mag http:\/\/bit.ly\/16a12PH <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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For fun. This really made me laugh (and a good moral in the tale too). How NOT to hand in your PhD. The Thesis Whisperer <\/span><\/b><\/a> http:\/\/bit.ly\/192trWM <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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