Wednesday Weekly # 27

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