Wednesday Weekly # 8

Welcome to the Wednesday Weekly, your weekly dose of links to Egyptology news, articles, blogs, events and more.


AHRAM ONLINE

by Nevine El-Aref

Alexandria's Graeco-Roman Museum to reopen within 18 months
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/85144/Heritage/Museums/Alexandrias-GraecoRoman-Museum-to-reopen-within--m.aspx

Giza plateau mastaba block fell, restoration to start Sunday
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/85406/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Giza-plateau-mastaba-block-fell,-restoration-to-st.aspx

Stolen Ancient Egyptian shrine recovered
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/85488/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Stolen-Ancient-Egyptian-shrine-recovered.aspx

AL-AHRAM WEEKLY

by Nevine El-Aref

The necropolis opens
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/4486/47/The-necropolis-opens.aspx

IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

New blog entry:

First step for the heads
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2013/10/30/first-step-for-the-heads/

HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT

by María Rosa Valdesogo Martín

S3mt: Hair and Mourning, Evil and Udjat Eye
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.wordpress.com/2013/10/31/s3mt-hair-and-mourning-evil-and-udjta-eye/

Mourning Women and Mourning Hair in Ancient Egypt Funeral
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.wordpress.com/2013/11/04/mourning-women-and-mourning-hair/

AWOL - THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

New addition to the blog:

Excavations in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2013/10/excavations-in-dakhleh-oasis-egypt.html

UCL MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS BLOG

New blog entry:

From the Field to the Museum and Back Again
http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2013/11/01/from-the-field-to-the-museum-and-back-again/

EGYPTIAN'S

New blogposts by Timothy Reid:

Naukratis
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2013/10/naukratis.html

Erosion on the Giza Plateau
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2013/11/erosion-on-giza-plateau.html

LUXOR TIMES

New addition to the blog:

3-tons block has fallen but will be in place tomorrow
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2013/11/3-tons-block-has-fallen-but-will-be-in.html

LIVESCIENCE

New article by Owen Jarus:

Mummy's Colorful Collar Found in Egyptian Tomb
http://www.livescience.com/40955-mummy-collar-found-in-egyptian-tomb.html

CALGARY SSEA

Lecture: The Amarna Period

Description:

Continuing the History of Ancient Egypt brings us to the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty, to Amenhotep III, his heretic Aten-worshipping son Akhenaten, and the Amarna Period.  The Amarna Era was a time of dramatic changes in religion, culture and Egyptian art, and was followed by an equally wrenching reversion to the traditional Amon worship.

Date: 7:30 – 9:00 pm, 06-Dec-2013

More info:
http://www.calgaryssea.ca/2013/11/04/lecture-the-amarna-period/

JOYCE FILER

New additions to her site:

Science Week at the British Museum
http://joycefiler.wordpress.com/2013/10/31/science-week-at-the-british-museum/
http://joycefiler.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/science-week-at-the-british-museum-2/

THE SCOTSMAN

by Frank Urquhart

Egyptian mummy at Perth museum 'named'
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/egyptian-mummy-at-perth-museum-named-1-3174867