Welcome to the Wednesday Weekly, your weekly dose of links to Egyptology news, articles, blogs, events and more.
THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN
By Brenda Wang:
Penn Museum live: saving mummies
http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/11/in-the-artifact-lab-conserving-egyptian-mummies-penn-museum
DEMONTHINGS - ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DEMONOLOGY PROJECT
The Demon Blog by Dr. Kasia Szpakowska:
Ancient Egyptian Chariot pulled by griffins
http://www.demonthings.com/chariot-griffins/
IN THE ARTIFACT LAB
New blog entries:
Looking inside our falcon mummy
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2013/11/21/looking-inside-our-falcon-mummy/
Flippin' coffins
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2013/11/23/flippin-coffins/
HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT
by María Rosa Valdesogo Martín
Open Reflections on Cutting and Offering Hair in Ancient Egypt
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/open-reflections-on-cutting-and-offering-hair-in-ancient-egypt/
Shaking, Pulling, Cutting and Offering the Hair in Ancient Egypt Funerals
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.wordpress.com/2013/11/25/shaking-pulling-cutting-and-offering-the-hair-in-ancient-egypt-funerals/
HARVARD GAZETTE
by Alvin Powell:
'Wonderful things', indeed
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/11/who-can-resist-a-mummy/
AL-AHRAM WEEKLY
Article by Ati Metwaly:
Nefertiti's foster home
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/4691/47/Nefertiti%E2%80%99s-foster-home.aspx
Article by Nevine El-Aref:
Restoring the Egyptian Museum
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/4690/47/Restoring--the-Egyptian--Museum.aspx
DAILY NEWS EGYPT
Article by Joel Gulhane:
Siwa: Sun, sand and springs
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/11/21/siwa-sun-sand-and-springs/
BBC HISTORY
Game: Make a mummy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml
DISCOVERY NEWS
by Rossella Lorenzi:
Weird Facts About King Tut and His Mummy
http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-egypt/weird-facts-about-king-tut-mummy-131122.htm
HAMPSTEAD AND HIGHGATE EXPRESS
Article by Tom Marshall:
Heritage: Hampstead resident Sir Flinders Petrie measured the pyramids of Giza and laid the foundations of Egyptology
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/heritage_hampstead_resident_sir_flinders_petrie_measured_the_pyramids_of_giza_and_laid_the_foundations_of_egyptology_1_3032036
THE CAIRO POST
By Abdallah Salah:
Pharaonic tomb discoverd in Aswan
http://thecairopost.youm7.com/news/42351/news/pharaonic-mummies-found-with-robbers-in-aswan
AHRAM ONLINE
by Nevine El-Aref:
Penalties imposed on two amateur German archaeologists
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/87435/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Penalties-imposed-on-two-amateur-German-archaeolog.aspx
'WONDERFUL THINGS'
New blog of the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford:
Can you see anything?
http://blog.griffith.ox.ac.uk/?p=23
FORBES
by Christian de Vartavan:
Value for 'Money' in Ancient Egypt
http://www.forbes.am/am/featured/2D61H6JWR9K9I7KA
AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT
Qurna Site updates:
http://arce.org/conservation/Qurna/q/q03
http://arce.org/conservation/Qurna/q/q05
http://arce.org/conservation/Qurna/q/q14
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