Wednesday Weekly # 39

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


UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN

Leiden Egyptologist unravels ancient mystery
http://hum.leiden.edu/news-agenda/leiden-egyptologist-unravels-ancient-mystery.html

PAP SCIENCE & SCHOLARSHIP IN POLAND

Polish scientists will study the climate of Egypt thousands of years ago
http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,400743,polish-scientists-will-study-the-climate-of-egypt-thousands-of-years-ago.html

Polish archaeologists found tombs dating back four thousand years in Egypt
http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,400863,polish-archaeologists-found-tombs-dating-back-four-thousand-years-in-egypt.html

Wrocław archaeologists discovered unknown structures in Egypt
http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,400866,wroclaw-archaeologists-discovered-unknown-structures-in-egypt.html

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

Open Access Journal: Histoire de la médecine en Egypte ancienne
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/06/open-access-journal-histoire-de-la.html

EGYPTIAN'S

New blogpost by Timothy Reid:

Ten Books +1 for Summer or Winter Days

http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/06/ten-books-1-for-summer-or-winter-days.html

LUXOR TIMES

Napoleon sunken weapons discovered on the memory of his abdication

http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2014/06/napoleon-sunken-weapons-discovered-on.html

IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

By Molly Gleeson:

Completing the treatment of Tawahibre’s coffin

http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/06/21/completing-the-treatment-of-tawahibres-coffin/

HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT

by María Rosa Valdesogo:

Hair: a Resource in Ancient Egypt Art for Expressing Movement.

http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/06/18/hair-a-resource-in-ancient-egypt-art-for-expressing-movement/

THE BRITISH MUSEUM BLOG

by Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film, British Film Institute:

The sands of time: ancient Egypt and early film

http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/06/23/the-sands-of-time-ancient-egypt-and-early-film/

SCIENCEDAILY

Egyptologist unravels ancient mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140619095824.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ffossils_ruins%2Flost_treasures+%28Lost+Treasures+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

From Egypt to Manchester: Unravelling the John Rylands Papyrus Collection

Convenor: Dr Roberta Mazza, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, John Rylands Research Institute Research Fellow

Christie Seminar Room, The John Rylands Library, Thursday, 4 – Saturday, 6 September 2014

http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/jrri/conferences/header-max-160-chars-308128-en.htm

AHRAM ONLINE

Bonaparte's cannons, guns found by Russian dive team in Egypt's Alexandria

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/104416/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Bonapartes-cannons,-guns-found-by-Russian-dive-tea.aspx

Giza Plateau to be revamped, with peddlers removed, horse rides regulated

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/104652/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Giza-Plateau-to-be-revamped,-with-peddlers-removed.aspx

DAILY NEWS EGYPT

Hollywood and the changing face of Cleopatra

http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/06/22/hollywood-changing-face-cleopatra/

TETISHERI

New post by Julia Thorne:

Flowering reed or reed leaf? A hieroglyphic puzzle

http://www.tetisheri.co.uk/blog/flowering-reed-or-reed-leaf-a-hieroglyphic-puzzle

DR. MGNH

New posts by Melinda Nelson-Hurst:

Digging in Museums and Archives – Tonight

http://drmgnh.wordpress.com/2014/06/17/digging-in-museums-and-archives-tonight/

Did this ancient Egyptian woman play an important economic role?

http://drmgnh.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/ancient-egyptian-woman-important-economic-role/

SALON.COM

The Ancient Egyptian invention that made everything else possible

http://www.salon.com/2014/06/22/the_ancient_egyptian_invention_that_made_everything_else_possible/

ACROSSBORDERS

New blogpost by Julia Budka:

Hieroglyphs are fun

http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/hieroglyphs-are-fun/

THE GLEN DASH FOUNDATION BLOG

How the Pyramid Builders May Have Found Their True North Part II: Extending the Line

http://glendash.com/blog/2014/06/20/how-the-pyramid-builders-may-have-found-their-true-north-part-ii-extending-the-line-2/

DIANA BUJA'S BLOG

Elginism in Greece and Egypt. Manuscripts, Mummy Masks, Ptolemaic Texts – and Cultural Repatriation

http://dianabuja.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/elginism-in-greece-and-egypt-manuscripts-mummy-masks-ptolemaic-texts-and-cultural-repatriation/