Wednesday Weekly # 22

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


AHRAM ONLINE

By Mohammed Elrazzaz:

Egypt's Widan Al-Faras: The world’s oldest road all but forgotten
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/94839/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypts-Widan-AlFaras-The-world%E2%80%99s-oldest-road-all-b.aspx

HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT

by María Rosa Valdesogo:

An Egyptian Mourning Ritual from the Cache DB320 in Thebes
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/02/19/an-egyptian-mourning-ritual-from-the-cache-db320-in-thebes/

A double Coffin from Roman Egypt. Double Nut…double Funeral?
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/02/24/a-double-coffin-from-roman-egypt-double-nut-double-funeral/

THE DECORAH NEWSPAPERS

Ancient Egyptian papyri discovered at Luther College
http://www.decorahnewspapers.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=13&ArticleID=33184

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

MOOC: The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Nubia

This course examines the development of the art and architecture of the cultures of ancient Nubia through what we have learned from archaeology and how that evidence has helped us create the picture we now have of the culture and history of the birth and development of art and civilization in the Nile Valley.
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/02/mooc-art-and-archaeology-of-ancient.html

IMALQATA

New blogentries:

Ho. W. 1
http://imalqata.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/ho-w-1/

MALQATA MUD BRICK CONSERVATION RAMBLINGS
http://imalqata.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/malqata-mud-brick-conservation-ramblings/

A visit to another Palace City
http://imalqata.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/a-visit-to-another-palace-city/

Local Fauna
http://imalqata.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/1413/

Conservation Never Ends, But This Season Does
http://imalqata.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/conservation-never-ends-but-this-season-does/

Our Inspector Mohammed Ibrahim
http://imalqata.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/our-inspector-mohammed-ibrahim/

EGYPTOLOGICAL

By Andrea Byrnes. Published in Egyptological, In Brief  22nd February 2014

Ancient Egyptian Cosmetic Spoons of the New Kingdom
http://egyptological.com/2014/02/22/ancient-egyptian-cosmetic-spoons-of-the-new-kingdom-12041

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ANIMAL BIO BANK

Study Day Saturday!
http://ancientegyptbiobank.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/study-day-saturday/

ACROSSBORDERS

New posts by Julia Budka:

The enigmatic “fish dishes” again
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/the-enigmatic-fish-dishes-again/

The New Kingdom town wall at SAV1 West
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/the-new-kingdom-town-wall-at-sav1-west/

AMARA WEST PROJECT BLOG

Amara West 2014: house E13.16 and beneath
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/02/20/amara-west-2014-house-e13-16-and-beneath/

Amara West 2014: D12.6 – revealing a house room-by-room
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/02/22/amara-west-2014-d12-6-revealing-a-house-room-by-room/

Amara West 2014: burial chambers in G244
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/02/23/amara-west-2014-burial-chambers-in-g244/

Amara West 2014: Rich stratigraphy — and curving walls — below house E13.5
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/02/24/amara-west-2014-rich-stratigraphy-and-curving-walls-below-house-e13-5/

Amara West 2014: geophysics survey
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/02/25/amara-west-2014-geophysics-survey/

TT184

Restoration in progress
http://tt184en.blogspot.nl/2014/02/restoration-in-progress.html

ESCHOLARSHIP

UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology

Title:
Dynasties 2 and 3

Author:
Wilkinson, Toby, Cambridge University
http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1hb1s3pn#page-1

THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

Wenuhotep: Mystery Mummy
http://blog.artic.edu/blog/2014/02/17/wenuhotep-mystery-mummy/

AERA

By Hoda Ossman Khalifa (Inspector, Ministry of State for Antiquities):

It’s Coming Back To Me Now
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/its-coming-back-to-me-now/