Welcome to the Wednesday Weekly, your weekly dose of links to Egyptology news, articles, blogs, events and more!
ANCIENT ORIGINS
Egyptian Blue – The Oldest Known Artificial Pigment
http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-technology/egyptian-blue-oldest-artificial-pigment-ever-produced-001745
AHRAM ONLINE
By Nevine El-Aref:
Twelve ancient Egyptian artefacts recovered in London after court win
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/103459/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Twelve-ancient-Egyptian-artefacts-recovered-in-Lon.aspx
Ancient Egyptian tomb lost for decades rediscovered in Luxor
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/103666/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Ancient-Egyptian-tomb-lost-for-decades-rediscovere.aspx
Egypt's new antiquities minister optimistic in face of obstacles
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/103987/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypts-new-antiquities-minister-optimistic-in-face.aspx
AL-AHRAM WEEKLY
By Mai Samih:
Ancient Egyptian remedies
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/6492/47/Ancient-Egyptian-remedies.aspx
LIVESCIENCE
By Owen Jarus:
Remains of 'End of the World' Epidemic Found in Ancient Egypt
http://www.livescience.com/46335-remains-of-ancient-egypt-epidemic-found.html
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
The “wonderful rubbish” of the Gilf Kebir desert
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-wonderful-rubbish-of-the-gilf-kebir-desert
THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE
Open Access Monograph Series: Hieroglyphic texts from Egyptian stelae, &c., in the British Museum
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/06/open-access-monograph-series_15.html
Open Access Monograph Series: Les Temples immergés de la Nubie
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2011/09/les-temples-immerges-de-la-nubia-online.html
EGYPTIAN'S
New blogpost by Timothy Reid:
The Great Pharaoh Ramses and His Time: An Exhibition
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/06/the-great-pharaoh-ramses-and-his-time.html
HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT
by María Rosa Valdesogo:
Shaven Mouners in an Ancient Egypt Funerary Boat.
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/06/12/shaven-mouners-in-an-ancient-egypt-funerary-boat/
LUXOR TIMES
25th Dynasty tomb rediscovered and new name identified in Luxor
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2014/06/25th-dynasty-tomb-rediscovered-and-new.html
IN THE ARTIFACT LAB
By Laura Galicier:
What is under the paraffin ?
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/06/10/what-is-under-the-paraffin/
BRITISH MUSEUM BLOG
by Alexandra Fletcher, curator, British Museum:
In respect of the dead: human remains in the British Museum
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/06/12/in-respect-of-the-dead-human-remains-in-the-british-museum/
POPULAR ARCHAEOLOGY
Archaeologists Return to Excavate Ancient Jaffa
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/archaeologists-return-to-excavate-ancient-jaffa
EGYPTOLOGICAL
Editorial – Magazine Edition 10
http://egyptological.com/2014/06/16/editorial-magazine-edition-10-12189
Read Like an Egyptian — Art in Ancient Egypt, Part 1
http://egyptological.com/2014/06/16/read-like-an-egyptian-art-in-ancient-egypt-part-1-12121
Egyptologically Speaking: Interview with Dr Garry Shaw about his book “The Egyptian Myths”
http://egyptological.com/2014/06/16/egyptologically-speaking-interview-with-dr-garry-shaw-about-his-book-the-egyptian-myths-12149
Meretseger: She Who Loves Silence. The Cobra Deity at Deir el-Medina
http://egyptological.com/2014/06/16/meretseger-she-who-loves-silence-11915
Book Review: “Discovering Tutankhamun – From Howard Carter to DNA” by Zahi Hawass
http://egyptological.com/2014/06/16/book-review-discovering-tutankhamun-from-howard-carter-to-dna-by-zahi-hawass-12148
A visit to the British Museum’s exhibition “Ancient Lives. New Discoveries”
http://egyptological.com/2014/06/16/a-visit-to-the-british-museums-exhibition-ancient-lives-new-discoveries-12166
Book review – “Mysteries of the Libyan Desert” by W.J. Harding King
http://egyptological.com/2014/06/16/book-review-mysteries-of-the-libyan-desert-by-w-j-harding-king-12153
Brian Alm’s decoder for Greek terms
http://egyptological.com/2014/06/16/brian-alms-decoder-for-greek-terms-12120
Dorset Study Day: Kingston Lacy, Dorchester and Bournemouth
http://egyptological.com/2014/06/16/dorset-study-day-kingston-lacy-dorchester-and-bournemouth-12176
Book Review: “Egyptian Things to Make and Do” by Emily Bone
http://egyptological.com/2014/06/16/book-review-egyptian-things-to-make-and-do-by-emily-bone-12140
DEMONTHINGS - ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DEMONOLOGY PROJECT
Demon Bunnies from Ancient Egypt
http://www.demonthings.com/demon-bunnies-ancient-egypt/
ACROSSBORDERS
New blogpost by Julia Budka:
Pharaonic blocks and statues within the Ottoman fortress of Sai
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/pharaonic-blocks-and-statues-within-the-ottoman-fortress-of-sai/
FACES & VOICES
“From Egypt to Manchester: Unravelling the John Rylands Papyrus Collection”, Manchester 4-6 September 2014
http://facesandvoices.wordpress.com/2014/06/17/from-egypt-to-manchester-unravelling-the-john-rylands-papyrus-collection-manchester-4-6-september-2014/
NOW AT THE MET
I Was Here I Was I to Channel The Temple of Dendur's History
http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/2014/temple-of-dendur
OPEN CULTURE
The Oldest Known Illustration of Circumcision (2400 B.C.E.)
http://www.openculture.com/2014/06/the-oldest-known-illustration-of-circumcision-2400-b-c-e.html
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