Wednesday Weekly # 18

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


LIBERTY VOICE

By Shannon Malone:

Ancient Egypt Enjoyed Beer With Bubbles
http://guardianlv.com/2014/01/ancient-egypt-enjoyed-beer-with-bubbles/

SAY HELLO #BROOKLYNMUSEUM

By Rita Berg:

Conservation is embarking on an exciting treatment
http://brooklynmuseum.tumblr.com/post/74294996446/conservation-is-embarking-on-an-exciting-treatment

PHYS ORG

By Claire Sturgeon:

War elephant myths debunked by DNA
http://phys.org/news/2014-01-war-elephant-myths-debunked-dna.html

CESKENOVINY.CZ

Rare fragment of Egyptian Pharaoh's mummy found in Czech museum
http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/rare-fragment-of-egyptian-pharaoh-s-mummy-found-in-czech-museum/1034448

WHYY PUBLIC MEDIA

Discovering a lost valley of kings with Penn archaeologist Josef Wegner
https://soundcloud.com/whyy-public-media/discovering-a-lost-valley-of

HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT

by María Rosa Valdesogo:

"Reading" the Ancient Egypt Funeral in the Tomb of Qar
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/01/22/reading-the-ancient-egypt-funeral-in-the-tomb-of-qar/

Codified Information in Ancient Egypt. Mourners in the Tomb of Qar?
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/01/28/codified-information-in-ancient-egypt-mourners-in-the-tomb-of-qar/

BRYN MAWR CLASSICAL REVIEW

Bilingual Notaries in Hellenistic Egypt: A Study of Greek as a Second Language
http://www.bmcreview.org/2014/01/20140139.html

BLOOMSBURY SUMMER SCHOOL

A New Chronology for Early Egypt

Two lectures: March 1st 2014
http://www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/study_days.htm

CURRENT RESEARCH IN EGYPTOLOGY

Conference Schedule for Current Research in Egyptology XV, 2014, April 9-12
http://cregyptology.org.uk/?page_id=57

THE GUARDIAN

By Bettany Hughes:

How women's wisdom was lost
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/26/women-wisdom-papyrus-female-belief-ancient-geopolitics

MAIDSTONE MUSEUM

The Tip of the Pyramid!

Pyramidion of Wedjahor
Friday 14th February to 14th June 2014

Prior to the redevelopment of the Museum’s Egyptian Gallery, a taste of ancient Egypt comes to Maidstone in the form of a Spotlight loan from the British Museum.
http://www.museum.maidstone.gov.uk/news/209/

LIVESCIENCE

By Owen Jarus:

Ruins of Bustling Port Unearthed at Egypt's Giza Pyramids
http://www.livescience.com/42902-giza-pyramids-port-discovered.html

IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

By Laura Galicier:

Cleaning the jar
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/01/27/cleaning-the-jar/

THE EGYPTIAN HISTORY PODCAST

Episode XXIV: Lamentations
http://egyptianhistory.libsyn.com/episode-xxiv-lamentations

CALGARY SSEA

Lecture: The Amarna Period
Date: 7:30 – 9:00 pm, 07-Feb-2014
http://www.calgaryssea.ca/2014/01/24/lecture-the-amarna-period/

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ANIMAL BIO BANK

Come and spend a Saturday with us!
http://ancientegyptbiobank.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/come-and-spend-a-saturday-with-us/

THE BRITISH MUSEUM

Ancient lives
22 May – 30 November 2014

Think you know mummies?
Think again.

The exhibition will introduce visitors to eight real people who were mummified in ancient Egypt and Sudan. Using the latest technology to understand the mummies, the exhibition will unlock hidden secrets to build up a picture of their lives in the Nile Valley over a remarkable 4,000 years – from prehistoric Egypt to Christian Sudan.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/ancient_lives.aspx

DEMONTHINGS - ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DEMONOLOGY PROJECT

Beasts, Monsters, and the Fantastic in the Religious Imagination

An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference

Hosted by the Department of Religious Studies at Brown University

February 28-March 1, 2014
http://www.demonthings.com/beasts_monsters_fantastic/

Upcoming presentation on ‘The problem with ancient Egyptian demons’

Demonology 2K’s Zuzanna Bennett will be talking about ‘The problem with ancient Egyptian demons’ as part of a series of research seminars at Swansea University. This presentation will explore some of the difficulties encountered when researching these entities, such as how to spot a demon, and it will also demonstrate some of the solutions that the Demonology Project has put into action so far.
http://www.demonthings.com/upcoming-presentation-on-the-problem-with-ancient-egyptian-demons/

PAST HORIZONS

Archaeologists Find Remains Of Previously Unknown Pharaoh In Egypt
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/01/2014/archaeologists-find-remains-previously-unknown-pharaoh-egypt

ACROSSBORDERS

By Julia Budka:

Registration of finds from SAV1 West and SAV1 East
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/registration-of-finds-from-sav1-west-and-sav1-east/

An Update: The Enclosure Wall at SAV1 West
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/an-update-the-enclosure-wall-at-sav1-west/

AMARA WEST PROJECT BLOG

Amara West 2014: preserving coffin decoration
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/01/23/amara-west-2014-preserving-coffin-decoration/

Amara West 2014: Bodies, coffins, an egg and more
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/01/25/amara-west-2014-bodies-coffins-an-egg-and-more/

Amara West 2014: 18th dynasty activity
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/01/27/amara-west-2014-18th-dynasty-activity/