Wednesday Weekly # 11

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