Welcome to the Wednesday Weekly, your weekly dose of links to Egyptology news, articles, blogs, events and more!
IMA MUSEUM
By Dr. Gregory Dale Smith:
The IMA in Egypt, Part 3: ‘Wrapping up’ our Mummy Coffin Research
http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2014/03/26/the-ima-in-egypt-part-3-wrapping-up-our-mummy-coffin-research/
LIVESCIENCE
By Owen Jarus:
3,300-Year-Old Tomb with Pyramid Entrance Discovered in Egypt
http://www.livescience.com/44476-ancient-egyptian-tomb-with-pyramid-entrance-discovered.html
INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITIES RESEARCH
Marjorie Venit: “Strangers in a Strange Land: Negotiating the Afterlife in Monumental Greek tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt”
April 16 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Marjorie S. Venit is Professor of Art History & Archaeology at the University of Maryland. She specializes in the art and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean world with an emphasis on the Greek center and its periphery considered both geographically and temporally. Particularly interested in the intersection of cultures and ethnicities, she has excavated at Tel Anafa, Israel, and Mendes, Egypt and is the author of Monumental Tombs of Ancient Alexandria: The Theater of the Dead and Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums. Her book projects have been supported by generous grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Kress Foundation, and the J.P Getty Trust. Among her other national awards are a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship and fellowships from the American Research Center in Egypt, the American Association of University Women, and the American Philosophical Society.
http://ihr.ucsc.edu/event/ancient-studies-lecture/
PAP SCIENCE & SCHOLARSHIP IN POLAND
Did the pharaohs know hieroglyphics? - Polish Egyptologist explains
http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,399820,did-the-pharaohs-know-hieroglyphics---polish-egyptologist-explains.html
HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT
by María Rosa Valdesogo:
The two Mourners Isis and Nephtys in the Egyptian Coffins of Middle Kingdom. Part I
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/04/01/the-two-mourners-isis-and-nephtys-in-the-egyptian-coffins-of-middle-kingdom-part-i/
EGYPT CENTRE, SWANSEA
Ammut- not such a bad girl?
http://egyptcentre.blogspot.nl/2014/03/ammut-not-such-bad-girl.html
Piggish Deities!
http://egyptcentre.blogspot.nl/2014/04/piggish-deities.html
AHRAM ONLINE
Byzantine-era gold coins found in Luxor
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/97597/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Byzantineera-gold-coins-found-in-Luxor.aspx
AL-AHRAM WEEKLY
Funding the GEM
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/5763/47/Funding-the-GEM.aspx
GEBEL EL SILSILA SURVEY PROJECT
Reporting live from the sherd yard
http://gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyproject.blogspot.nl/2014/03/reporting-live-from-sherd-yard_827.html
EGYPTOLOGICAL
By Andrea Byrnes:
Book Review: Another Egypt by Bill Dixon
http://egyptological.com/2014/03/29/book-review-another-egypt-by-bill-dixon-12099
ACROSSBORDERS
Pavements and floors at SAV1 East
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/pavements-and-floors-at-sav1-east/
Looking back on the 3D-Laserscanning Campaign on Sai Island
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/looking-back-on-the-3d-laserscanning-campaign-on-sai-island/
FACES & VOICES
The girl with the Christian tattoo: Religious-magical practices in late antique Egypt
http://facesandvoices.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/the-girl-with-the-christian-tattoo-religious-magical-practices-in-late-antique-egypt/
MUSEUM EGYPTOLOGY
A FUSION OF WORLDS, THE PETRIE MUSEUM
http://museumegyptology.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/a-fusion-of-worlds-the-petrie-museum/
EES DELTA SURVEY
Bricks, pits and the first cat of the season!
http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/post/80792767689/bricks-pits-and-the-first-cat-of-the-season
Possibly some paving and definitely a foundation level.
http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/post/80973636710/possibly-some-paving-and-definitely-a-foundation-level
Big Wind at Buweib!
http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/post/81292903659/big-wind-at-buweib
EES TELL MUTUBIS SURVEY
Return to the site!
http://tellmutubis.tumblr.com/post/81283939915/return-to-the-site
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