Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Wednesday Weekly # 33

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


AHRAM ONLINE


By Nevine El-Aref:


Ramesside tomb of Egypt's royal ambasador discovered at Saqqara

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/100797/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Ramesside-tomb-of-Egypts-royal-ambasador-discovere.aspx

Recovered antiquities go on display at Egyptian Museum

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/100905/Heritage/Museums/Recovered-antiquities-go-on-display-at-Egyptian-Mu.aspx

Antiquities theft foiled in Giza

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/101187/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Antiquities-theft-foiled-in-Giza.aspx

LIVESCIENCE


By Alexander Hellemans:


What Did Ancient Egyptians Really Eat?

http://www.livescience.com/45450-what-did-ancient-egyptians-really-eat.html

By Rossella Lorenzi:


Mummified Fetus Found in Tiny Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus

http://www.livescience.com/45564-mummified-fetus-found-in-tiny-ancient-egyptian-sarcophagus.html

THE TELEGRAPH


By Robert Mendick:


Uncovered, the pharaohs’ child star

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10822100/Uncovered-the-pharaohs-child-star.html?utm_content=buffer7405c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

THE BRITISH MUSEUM


Ancient Lives

http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/ancient_lives.aspx

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE


The Nile Delta as a centre of cultural interactions with Upper Egypt and the Southern Levant in 4th millennium BC

http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/05/the-nile-delta-as-centre-of-cultural.html

EGYPTIAN'S

New posts by Timothy Reid:


Challenge of the Great Pyramid

http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/05/challenge-of-great-pyramid.html

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin: Spring 1979

http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/05/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-bulletin.html

IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

By Molly Gleeson:


Peptide Mass Fingerprinting (PMF)

http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/05/09/peptide-mass-fingerprinting-pmf/

LUXOR TIMES


Exclusive photos: Egyptian antiquities to be returned to Egypt by a British court order

http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2014/05/exclusive-photos-egyptian-antiquities.html

Ramesside Minister of Foreign Affairs tomb discovered in Sakkara

http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2014/05/ramesside-minister-of-foreign-affairs.html

AERA WEB


New blogpost by Claire Malleson:


In search of seeds!

http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/in-search-of-seeds/

THE EGYPTIAN HISTORY PODCAST


Episode 28: The King in the North


Montuhotep II (Part II)

http://egyptianhistory.libsyn.com/episode-28-the-king-in-the-north

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ANIMAL BIO BANK


New museums, ‘new’ mummies and new opportunities

http://ancientegyptbiobank.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/new-museums-new-mummies-and-new-opportunities/

DEMONTHINGS - ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DEMONOLOGY PROJECT


By Zuzi Bennett:


What is an ancient Egyptian demon?

http://www.demonthings.com/what-is-an-ancient-egyptian-demon/

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA


Bioarcheological Field School at Amarna, Egypt


Location: Amarna, Egypt


Season Dates: May 11, 2015 - June 12, 2015


Application Deadline: August 1, 2014

Project Description


This field school provides the opportunity to spend full-time conducting comprehensive analysis of the excellently preserved skeletons excavated each year from the Commoners’ cemetery at Tell el-Amarna.

http://www.archaeological.org/fieldwork/afob/2098

THE GLEN DASH FOUNDATION BLOG


Explore the Mystery of the Pyramid Diagonal: An Experiment You Can Do at Home

http://glendash.com/blog/2014/05/10/explore-the-mystery-of-the-pyramid-diagonal-an-experiment-you-can-do-at-home/

KELSEY MUSEUM


By Brittany Dolph:


Analyzing an Egyptian Textile Fiber

https://kelseymuseum.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/analyzing-an-egyptian-textile-fiber/

SOUTH ASASIF CONSERVATION PROJECT BLOG


Week 1 – Opening

http://southasasif.wordpress.com/2014/05/10/week-1-opening/

NEWS OK

Interview: World-famous Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass brings his U.S. lecture tour Wednesday to Oklahoma City
http://newsok.com/interview-world-famous-egyptian-archaeologist-zahi-hawass-brings-his-u.s.-lecture-tour-wednesday-to-oklahoma-city/article/4748617?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co

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