Wednesday Weekly # 24

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


AHRAM ONLINE

By Nevine El-Aref:

Tomb from 18th dynasty discovered in Luxor
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/95953/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Tomb-from-th-dynasty-discovered-in-Luxor.aspx

Statue of Amenhotep III's daughter unearthed in Luxor
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/96352/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Statue-of-Amenhotep-IIIs-daughter-unearthed-in-Lux.aspx

DAILY NEWS EGYPT

Tomb of pharaoh’s stable master discovered in Egypt
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/03/06/tomb-pharaohs-stable-master-discovered-egypt/

SAFE Beacon honours Egyptian archaeologist Monica Hanna
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/03/09/safe-beacon-honours-egyptian-archaeologist-monica-hanna/

PACIFIC STANDARD

By Tom Jacobs:

Relationship Between Man and Cat May Be Older Than We Think
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/relationship-man-cat-may-older-think-75933/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+miller-mccune%2Fmain_feed+%28Pacific+Standard+-+Main+Feed%29

MEDIUM

By Jo Marchant:

Tutankhamun’s Blood
https://medium.com/matter/9fb62a68597b

LIVESCIENCE

By Owen Jarus:

Ancient Egyptian Soldier's Letter Home Deciphered
http://www.livescience.com/43900-ancient-egyptian-soldier-letter-deciphered.html

HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

Maidens, Matrons, and Magicians: Women and Personal Ritual Power in Late Antique Egypt
http://historyoftheancientworld.com/2014/03/maidens-matrons-and-magicians-women-and-personal-ritual-power-in-late-antique-egypt/

THE ART NEWSPAPER

By Garry Shaw:

Egyptian princess sculpture unearthed in Luxor
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Egyptian-princess-sculpture-unearthed-in-Luxor/32046

HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT

by María Rosa Valdesogo:

Three Dimensions of the Ancient Egypt Mourning Rite in a Rishi Coffin.
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/03/10/three-dimensions-of-the-ancient-egypt-mourning-rite-in-a-rishi-coffin/

LUXOR TIMES

Amenhotep III's daughter statue discovered in Kom El Hitan
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2014/03/amenhotep-iiis-daughter-statue.html

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

New blogentries:

Open Access Topographical Bibliography (Porter & Moss) (Scans of Vols I-VII)

The Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings (Porter & Moss)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/03/open-access-topographical-bibliography.html

New Open Access Monograph Series: Kleine Berliner Schriften zum Alten Ägypten
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/03/new-open-access-monograph-series-kleine.html

Orly Goldwasser Home Page

Orly Goldwasser is chair of Egyptology at the Hebrew University and Honorary Professor at the University of Göttingen. Her research interests range from the origins of the alphabet to the relationship between ancient Egyptian "determinatives" and modern theories regarding world classification.
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/03/orly-goldwasser-home-page.html

UCL MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS BLOG

Pottery Project Guest Blog: Pondering Petrie’s Broken Pots
http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2014/03/07/pottery-project-guest-blog-pondering-petries-broken-pots/

A Piece of a Giant Jigsaw: a newly re-discovered pot from Naqada
http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2014/03/11/a-piece-of-a-giant-jigsaw-a-newly-re-discovered-pot-from-naqada/

EGYPTOLOGICAL

By Andrea Byrnes:

The paintings from the lost tomb-chapel of Nebamun
http://egyptological.com/2014/03/09/the-paintings-from-the-lost-tomb-chapel-of-nebamun-12070

ACROSSBORDERS

New posts by Julia Budka:

A fragmented stela from SAV1 West
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/a-fragmented-stela-from-sav1-west/

Seti I at Sai Island?
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/seti-i-at-sai-island/

AMARA WEST PROJECT BLOG

Amara West 2014: perceptions of the unseen
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/03/04/amara-west-2014-perceptions-of-the-unseen/

Amara West 2014: cemetery C – infants in a large (family?) tomb
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/03/06/amara-west-2014-cemetery-c-infants-in-a-large-family-tomb/

Amara West 2014: royal names in the house?
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/03/08/amara-west-2014-royal-names-in-the-house/

Amara West 2014: defining and protecting the ancient site
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/03/10/amara-west-2014-defining-and-protecting-the-ancient-site/

Amara West 2014: the grind
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2014/03/11/amara-west-2014-the-grind/

TT184

Visitors and Guests
http://tt184en.blogspot.nl/2014/03/visitors-and-guests.html

RESEARCHERS IN MUSEUMS

By Niall Sreenan:

Taxonomies of Bones and Pots – The Petrie Pops up at the Grant Museum
http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/researchers-in-museums/2014/03/10/taxonomies-of-bones-and-pots-the-petrie-pops-up-at-the-grant-museum/

THE GLEN DASH FOUNDATION BLOG

Did the Egyptians Use the Sun to Align the Pyramids?
http://glendash.com/blog/2014/03/08/did-the-egyptians-use-the-sun-to-align-the-pyramids/

NICKY'S BLOG

Women explorers of Egypt
http://blog.eurasianstates.org/2014/03/09/women-explorers-of-egypt/

GARRY SHAW

The Daily Life of the Pharaoh
http://garryshawegypt.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-daily-life-of-pharaoh.html

The Egyptian Myths is Out!
http://garryshawegypt.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-egyptian-myths-is-out.html