Wednesday Weekly # 15

Welcome to the first Wednesday Weekly of 2014, your weekly dose of links to Egyptology news, articles, blogs, events and more! The Amun-Ra Egyptology Blog wishes everyone a happy 2014 with lots of Egyptology news!


AWOL - THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

New blogentries:

Egyptology Books and Articles in PDF Online
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2013/12/egyptology-books-and-articles-in-pdf.html

Amarna Project Downloadable Resources
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2013/12/amarna-project-downloadable-resources.html

LUXOR TIMES

New blogentries:

Egypt to retrieve 8 objects were stolen in 2008 back from Denmark
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2013/12/egypt-to-retrieve-8-objects-were-stolen.html

Wooden sarcophagi and other antiquities to be repatriated from the USA
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2013/12/wooden-sarcophagi-and-other-antiquities.html

Statue's head found in Thutmosis III temple
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2013/12/statue-head-found-in-thutmosis-iii.html

13th Dynasty tomb discovered in Upper Egypt
http://www.luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2014/01/13th-dynasty-tomb-discovered-in-upper.html

PAST HORIZONS

Statues discovered at ancient Hermonthis in Egypt
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/12/2013/statues-discovered-at-ancient-hermonthis-in-egypt

Unique Neolithic child cemetery found in Egypt
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/01/2014/unique-neolithic-child-cemetery-found-in-egypt

IUB NEWSROOM: INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Virtual archaeologist at IU turns clock back millennia to uncover secrets of ancient Rome
http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2013/12/augustus-virtual-reality-project.shtml

LIVESCIENCE

by Owen Jarus:

Ancient Spider Rock Art Sparks Archaeological Mystery
http://www.livescience.com/42126-spider-rock-art-discovered-in-egypt.html

King Tut's Mummified Erect Penis May Point to Ancient Religious Struggle
http://www.livescience.com/42290-king-tut-mummified-penis-explained.html

THE WASHINGTON POST

By Sadie Dingfelder:

'The Nile and Ancient Egypt' at the Freer Gallery of Art showcases ancient Egyptians' reverence for the river
http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2013/12/19/the-nile-and-ancient-egypt-at-the-freer-gallery-of-art-showcases-ancient-egyptians-reverence-for-the-river/

AL-AHRAM WEEKLY

by Nevine El-Aref:

Egypt's heritage in danger
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/4962/47/Egypt%E2%80%99s-heritage-in-danger.aspx

EGYPT AT THE MANCHESTER MUSEUM

New blogentry:

New light under old wrappings (I): Reinvestigating Asru
http://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/new-light-under-old-wrappings-i-reinvestigating-asru/

EGYPTIAN'S

New blogposts by Timothy Reid:

Egypt by H.H. Powers
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2013/12/egypt-by-h-h-powers.html

The Year 2013 in Egyptology
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2013/12/the-year-2013-in-egyptology.html

AHRAM ONLINE

by Nevine El-Aref:

German Archaeological Institute honours Egyptian archaeologists
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/89666/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/German-Archaeological-Institute-honours-Egyptian-a.aspx

Japanese meet antiquities minister on Grand Egyptian Museum cooperation
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/89749/Heritage/Museums/-Japanese-meet-antiquities-minister-on-Grand-Egypt.aspx

Stolen Ancient Egyptian artefacts to return next week
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/89994/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Stolen-Ancient-Egyptian-artefacts-to-return-next-w.aspx

Security to be tightened at Egypt's archaeological sites
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/90121/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Security-to-be-tightened-at-Egypts-archaeological-.aspx

An unidentified royal statue head found in Luxor
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/90118/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/An-unidentified-royal-statue-head-found-in-Luxor.aspx

Bust of a 26th dynasty prince recovered from Brussels
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/90307/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Bust-of-a-th-dynasty-prince-recovered-from-Brussel.aspx

Tomb of chief beer-maker discovered in Egypt's Luxor
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/90724.aspx

Egypt seizes hoard of antiquities
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/91037/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-seizes-hoard-of-antiquities-.aspx

WONDERFUL THINGS

by Vincent Razanajao:

Left London. 1.40pm. For Marseilles.
http://blog.griffith.ox.ac.uk/?p=128

ACROSSBORDERS

By Julia Budka:

Ready, set, go: The field season 2014
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/ready-set-go-the-field-season-2014/

Landscape archaeology and environmental remains at Sai
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/landscape-archaeology-and-environmental-remains-at-sai/

New Perspectives: The western edge of the Pharaonic town
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/new-perspectives-the-western-edge-of-the-pharaonic-town/

PALARCH

Cockcroft, Robert & Sarah Symons. 2013. Diagonal Star Tables on Coffins A1C and S2Hil: A New Triangle Decan and a Reversed Table. – Palarch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology 10(3) (2013), 1-10. ISSN 1567-214X. 10 pages + 5 figures, 4 tables.
http://www.palarch.nl/category/egypt/

CBS NEWS

by Mo Rocca:

A tug-of-war over ancient treasures
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-tug-of-war-over-ancient-treasures/

TIMES UNION

Ancient Egypt subject of lecture series
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Ancient-Egypt-subject-of-lecture-series-5098957.php

BBC FOUR

Broadcasts:

Treasures of Ancient Egypt, The Birth of Art
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01mv16n

JOYCE FILER

New post:

Eat, drink & be merry: celebrations in ancient Egypt (Part One)
http://joycefiler.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/eat-drink-be-merry-celebrations-in-ancient-egypt-part-one/

Day course: 25th January 2014

Animals in Ancient Egyptian Life: a day school
http://joycefiler.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/animals-in-ancient-egyptian-life-a-day-school/

SANDRA'S EGYPTOBLOGIE

New blogpost:

The Seven Hathors, Musicians of Fate
http://egyptoblogie.wordpress.com/2013/12/27/the-seven-hathors-musicians-of-fate/

MEDPAGE TODAY

by Todd Neale:

Mummies and the Tale of the Clogged Arteries, an Update
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Atherosclerosis/43647

THE EGYPTIAN HISTORY PODCAST

Episode XIII - Children of Pepy
http://egyptianhistory.libsyn.com/episode-xiii-children-of-pepy

HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT

by María Rosa Valdesogo:

Shaving the Mourners in Ancient Egypt during the Old Kingdom
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/01/02/shaving-the-mourners-in-ancient-egypt-during-the-old-kingdom/

Mourners in the Tomb of Khonsuemheb in Luxor
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/01/04/mourners-in-the-tomb-of-khonsuemheb-in-luxor/