Wednesday Weekly # 28

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


UCHICAGO NEWS

World’s oldest weather report could revise Bronze Age chronology
http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2014/04/01/world-s-oldest-weather-report-could-revise-bronze-age-chronology

AHRAM ONLINE

By Nevine El-Aref:

New study explains how ancient Egyptians mummified meat
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/98052/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-study-explains-how-ancient-Egyptians-mummified.aspx

Egyptian ministries working to get back stolen cartonnage
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/98421/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egyptian-ministries-working-to-get-back-stolen-car.aspx

AL-AHRAM WEEKLY

By Nevine El-Aref:

Resurrection at Thebes?
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/5853/47/Resurrection-at-Thebes-.aspx

By Gamal Nkrumah:

Knowing Nubia
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/5854/23/Knowing-Nubia.aspx

LIVESCIENCE

By Owen Jarus:

Ancient Egyptian Mummy Found With Brain, No Heart
http://www.livescience.com/44644-ancient-egyptian-mummy-has-no-heart.html

EGYPT AT THE MANCHESTER MUSEUM

MAES Lecture 14/4/14: Prof. Rosalie David – The Priests of Ancient Egypt

The next Manchester Ancient Egypt Society Bob Partridge Memorial Lecture will be given by Prof. Rosalie David

The Priests of Ancient Egypt, Practioners of Magic and Medicine

Monday 14th April, 7:30pm
Days Inn, Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3AL
All welcome

The priesthood dominated and permeated almost every aspect of ancient Egyptian society, and yet there have been very few studies of their impact on this civilisation.

Professor David is currently undertaking a detailed study of the priesthood and the contribution it made to life in Egypt, and this lecture will explore one important aspect of the work – how the priests functioned for over three thousand years as the main practitioners of medicine and magic.
http://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/maes-lecture-14414-prof-rosalie-david-the-priests-of-ancient-egypt/

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

New blogentry:

Open Access Journal: Thots- Infoheft des Collegium Aegyptium e.V.: Förderkreis des Instituts für Ägyptologie der Uni München
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2012/11/open-access-journal-thots-infoheft-des.html

IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

A new material in the Lab
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/04/02/a-new-material-in-the-lab/

Au revoir, Laura!
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/04/08/au-revoir-laura/

AERA

By Emmy Malak (AERA archaeologist and object registrar):

Mysteries and Puzzles
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/mysteries-and-puzzles/

UCL MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS BLOG

Pottery Project Guest Blog: Ceramic Inheritance
http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2014/04/06/pottery-project-guest-blog-ceramic-inheritance/

GEBEL EL SILSILA SURVEY PROJECT

Geology, quarrying techniques, lithics and rock art – week 5 at Gebel el Silsila
http://gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyproject.blogspot.nl/2014/04/geology-quarrying-techniques-lithics.html

DEMONTHINGS - ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DEMONOLOGY PROJECT

Ancient Egyptian Demonology Conference – SAVE THE DATE!

Preliminary preparations have begun for the third in a series of meetings of the Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project. The theme of this international conference is:

Demon Things:
Ancient Egyptian manifestations of liminal entities
March 14-17, 2016

The conference is co-organized by Swansea University’s Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project: 2K (Research Institute for Arts and Humanities) and the Egypt Centre.

Confirmed speakers include:

Zuzanna Bennett
Hans Fischer-Elfert
Carolyn Graves-Brown
Panagiotis Kousoulis
Rita Lucarelli
Anthony Spalinger
Kasia Szpakowska
Felicitas Weber
http://www.demonthings.com/demonology-conference/

PAST HORIZONS

EVIDENCE FROM TEMPEST STELA MAY SHIFT PHARAOH CHRONOLOGY
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2014/evidence-from-tempest-stela-may-shift-pharaoh-chronology

GARRY SHAW

Little Known Egyptian Myths: Seth Steals Osiris' Corpse (Papyrus Jumilhac)
http://garryshawegypt.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/little-known-egyptian-myths-seth-steals.html

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NEWS WATCH

Explorers Journal:

Continuing Excavations at an Ancient Burial Site Last Touched in 1919
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/04/continuing-excavations-at-an-ancient-burial-site-last-touched-in-1919/

EES DELTA SURVEY

Defining the Buweib temple’s sanctuary
http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/post/81487816253/defining-the-buweib-temples-sanctuary

Dating the Buweib temple, baking bread and gratuitous cat No.2
http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/post/81674807402/dating-the-buweib-temple-baking-bread-and-gratuitous

Hot day at Tell Buweib
http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/post/81882590454/hot-day-at-tell-buweib

A temple, a casemate building and gratuitous cat No.3
http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/post/82096066609/a-temple-a-casemate-building-and-gratuitous-cat-no-3

EGYPT EXPLORATION SOCIETY

A new collaborative project announced between UCL, The EES and The Griffith Institute!

‘Artefacts of Excavation’
http://ees.ac.uk/news/index.html