Wednesday Weekly # 36

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


NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

By Andrew Curry:

Artifact Trove at Egyptian Tomb Illuminates Life Before Pharaohs
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140530-egypt-archaeology-pharaohs-hierakonpolis-tomb/

AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT

ARCE-PA Presents:

Mini-Seminar: "Foreigners in Ancient Egypt: Context and Culture"

Saturday, June 14,  2014: 1 - 5 PM
Classroom 2

Penn Museum

This mini-seminar delves into the question of what it meant to be a foreigner in Ancient Egypt.  Following a general background discussion of the topic by Dr. JJ Shirley, Dr. Kate Liszka and Dr. Beth Ann Judas will present their work on two distinct types of foreigners, the Medjay and the Keftiu respectively.
http://www.arce-pa.org/

AL-AHRAM WEEKLY

How did they do it?

How did the ancient Egyptians move the huge stone blocks needed for their temples and pyramids in the absence of modern technology? reports Nevine El-Aref
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/6318/47/How-did-they-do-it-.aspx

Ptolemy in Beni Sweif

The recently discovered temple of Ptolemy II in Beni Sweif is set to rewrite the ancient history of the area, writes Nevine El-Aref
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/6316/47/Ptolemy-in-Beni-Sweif.aspx

EGYPTIAN'S

New blogposts by Timothy Reid:

OEDIPUS and AKHNATON
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/05/oedipus-and-akhnaton.html

Was King Hatschepsut the Original Owner of Theban Tomb 358?
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/06/was-king-hatschepsut-original-owner-of.html

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

The Gurob Harem Palace Project Online
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2011/11/gurob-harem-palace-project-online.html

LUXOR TIMES

Intact burial chamber discovered in Aswan, 9 mummies found
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2014/06/intact-burial-chamber-discovered-in.html

HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT

by María Rosa Valdesogo:

Four Egyptian Mourners, Four Egyptian Locks of Hair.
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/05/29/four-egyptian-mourners-four-egyptian-locks-of-hair/

BRITISH MUSEUM BLOG

By Katherine Biggs, Education Manager, Digital Learning Programmes, British Museum:

Mummies, mobiles and 3D printing
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/05/30/mummies-mobiles-and-3d-printing/

By Amandine Mérat (Curator) and Emily Taylor (Museum Assistant), British Museum:

A new look at ancient Egyptian textiles
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/06/02/a-new-look-at-ancient-egyptian-textiles/

AERA WEB

New blogentries:

Part One: Worlds in Miniature
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/part-one-worlds-in-miniature/

Part Two: Lions and lizards and…wait, is that a giraffe?
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/part-two-lions-and-lizards-and-wait-is-that-a-giraffe/

Part Three: Person to Thing?
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/part-three-person-to-thing/

JOYCE FILER

BLOOMING IN BLOOMSBURY & ANCIENT EGYPT 
http://joycefiler.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/blooming-in-bloomsbury-ancient-egypt-without-images/

UCL MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS BLOG

Pottery Project Guest Blog: Trade in Opium from Cyprus to Egypt
http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2014/05/30/pottery-project-guest-blog-trade-in-opium-from-cyprus-to-egypt/

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ANIMAL BIO BANK

Carry on Scanning!
http://ancientegyptbiobank.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/carry-on-scanning/

ZENOBIA: EMPRESS OF THE EAST

Blog by Judith Weingarten:

Egyptian 'Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle Kingdom'
http://judithweingarten.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/egyptian-tomb-treasures-of-late-middle.html

DEMONTHINGS - ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DEMONOLOGY PROJECT

“Inscriptions” features articles on Ancient Egyptian demons by Swansea students
http://www.demonthings.com/inscriptions-demon-articles-swansea-students/

PAST HORIZONS

OBJECTS FROM TUTANKHAMUN’S WAR CHARIOTS TO BE RESTORED
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/06/2014/objects-from-tutankhamuns-war-chariots-to-be-restored

ACROSSBORDERS

New blogpost by Julia Budka:

From Berlin via Thebes and Elephantine to Vienna
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/from-berlin-via-thebes-and-elephantine-to-vienna/

FACES & VOICES

Scott Carroll and mummy masks: update
http://facesandvoices.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/scott-carroll-and-mummy-masks-update/

Looting: A Call for Action
http://facesandvoices.wordpress.com/2014/06/02/a-call-for-action/