Wednesday Weekly # 37

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


THE GUARDIAN

Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old tomb from 11th dynasty in Luxor
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jun/09/archaeologists-discover-4000-year-old-pharaonic-tomb-luxor-egypt

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

Bibliographische Datenbank zur altägyptischen Literatur
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/06/bibliographische-datenbank-zur.html

Das altägyptische Totenbuch: Ein digitales Textzeugenarchiv
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2012/09/das-altagyptische-totenbuch-ein.html

LUXOR TIMES

11th Dynasty tomb and cachette discovered in Dra Abu El-Naga
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2014/06/11th-dynasty-tomb-and-cachette.html

THE EGYPTIAN HISTORY PODCAST

Episode 30: Smooth Sailing on the Red Sea

Sankhkare Montuhotep III
http://egyptianhistory.libsyn.com/episode-30-smooth-sailing-on-the-red-sea

IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

New post by Molly Gleeson:

Fragmentary painted coffin from Abydos
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/06/04/fragmentary-painted-coffin-from-abydos/

HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT

by María Rosa Valdesogo:

Isis, Nephtys, Neith and Serket. Four Divine Egyptian Mourners?
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/06/04/isis-nephtys-neith-and-serket-four-divine-egyptian-mourners/

EGYPT CENTRE, SWANSEA

Guest Post by Beverley Rogers: Peering Beneath the Layers
http://egyptcentre.blogspot.nl/2014/06/guest-post-by-beverley-rogers-peering.html

BRILL

Brill Signs New Harvard Egyptological Studies Book Series
http://www.brill.com/news/brill-signs-new-harvard-egyptological-studies-book-series

AHRAM ONLINE

Replicas of King Tut's artefacts on display in Morocco
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/102894/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Replicas-of-King-Tuts-artefacts-on-display-in-Moro.aspx

German couple will return Egyptian artefact after learning it was stolen
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/102897/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/German-couple-will-return-Egyptian-artefact-after-.aspx

Illegal excavations foiled in Sohag's Akhmim
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/103108/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Illegal-excavations-foiled-in-Sohags-Akhmim.aspx

POPULAR ARCHAEOLOGY

By Dan McLerran:

Egypt and the Nile
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/egypt-and-the-nile

AERA WEB

Part Four: Is that a person bowling? Or is it just hot today?
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/part-four-is-that-a-person-bowling-or-is-it-just-hot-today/

UCL MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS BLOG

Figure of the Moment
http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2014/06/04/figure-of-the-moment/

Petrie Pottery Project Guest Blog: Reinventing the (Potter’s) Wheel
http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2014/06/10/petrie-pottery-project-guest-blog-reinventing-the-potters-wheel/

ANCIENT EGYPT AND A MAPLE LEAF

New blogpost by Thomas H. Greiner:

The Biblical Museum and Ancient Egypt in Abbotsford, BC: an Update
http://thomasgreiner.com/2014/06/03/the-biblical-museum-and-ancient-egypt-in-abbotsford-bc-an-update/

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ANIMAL BIO BANK

Perth Mummy Study Day
http://ancientegyptbiobank.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/perth-mummy-study-day/

FACES & VOICES

Book binding cartonnage: a Rylands intermezzo
http://facesandvoices.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/book-binding-cartonnage-a-rylands-intermezzo/

SOUTH ASASIF CONSERVATION PROJECT  BLOG

Weeks 4 and 5
http://southasasif.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/weeks-4-and-5/