Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Wednesday Weekly # 41

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


IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

By Molly Gleeson:

Treating fragments of a Middle Kingdom painted wooden coffin
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/07/06/treating-fragments-of-a-middle-kingdom-painted-wooden-coffin/

EGYPTIAN'S

New post by Timothy Reid:

The Lost Pharaohs
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/07/the-lost-pharaohs.html

HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT

by María Rosa Valdesogo:


Hair in Egyptian Art for Expressing Dance.
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/07/03/hair-in-egyptian-art-for-expressing-dance/

EGYPT CENTRE, SWANSEA

By Carolyn Graves-Brown:

The power of the ugly?
http://egyptcentre.blogspot.nl/2014/07/the-power-of-ugly.html

NEWS.COM.AU

Urban sinkhole reveals lost memorial chapel to Pharaoh Mentuhotep II under Abydos’ streets
http://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/urban-sinkhole-reveals-lost-memorial-chapel-to-pharaoh-mentuhotep-ii-under-abydos-streets/story-e6frfqc0-1226981287980?from=public_rss

AHRAM ONLINE

By Nevine El-Aref:

King Mentuhotep II's chapel unearthed in Sohag
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/105292/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/King-Mentuhotep-IIs-chapel-unearthed-in-Sohag.aspx

UK museum selling Egyptian artefact, officials to take legal action
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/105605/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/UK-museum-selling-Egyptian-artefact,-officials-to-.aspx

HERITAGE DAILY

Egyptian Government threatens legal action to stop the sale of Sekhemka
http://www.heritagedaily.com/2014/07/egytian-governments-last-attempt-to-stop-the-sale-of-sekhemka/104056

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ANIMAL BIO BANK

Another busy week coming to a close….
http://ancientegyptbiobank.wordpress.com/2014/07/03/another-busy-week-coming-to-a-close/

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Zahi Hawass is on the stump again for ancient Egypt's Pharaohs
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ca-egyptian-antiquities-zahi-hawass-20140629-story.html#page=1

DEMONTHINGS - ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DEMONOLOGY PROJECT

Egyptologist & demonologist Rita Lucarelli now at UC Berkeley!

Rita Lucarelli, one of the original co-organizers of the Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project has now been appointed Assistant Professor of Egyptology in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley!
http://www.demonthings.com/rita-lucarelli-berkeley/

Article on Demons in Ancient Egyptian Book of Two Ways
http://www.demonthings.com/article-on-demons-in-ancient-egyptian-book-of-two-ways/

ACROSSBORDERS

Faunal remains from Sai Island, New Kingdom town: Pigs at SAV1 North
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/faunal-remains-from-sai-island-new-kingdom-town-pigs-at-sav1-north/

MUSEUM EGYPTOLOGY

Interpreting Egyptian art, The British Museum.
http://museumegyptology.wordpress.com/2014/07/07/interpreting-egyptian-art-the-british-museum/

PAP SCIENCE & SCHOLARSHIP IN POLAND

Scientists are studying mummies from the Temple of Hatshepsut
http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,401026,scientists-are-studying-mummies-from-the-temple-of-hatshepsut.html

MEDICINE AND MAGIC IN ANCIENT EGYPT

By Sofia Lodi:

The Use of Natron in Ancient Egyptian Medicine
http://nefertotsie.blogspot.nl/2014/07/the-use-of-natron-in-ancient-egyptian.html


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