Wednesday Weekly # 45 Summer Edition

The Wednesday Weekly is back with a summer edition, packed with links to Egyptology news, articles, blogs, events and more!


EUREKALERT

Chronic infection, smoke inhalation, or yet to be discovered causes could explain why ancient men and women had atherosclerosis
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-07/whf-cis072814.php?utm_content=buffer11752&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Study traces ecological collapse over 6,000 years of Egyptian history
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-09/uoc--ste090314.php

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY

Grant success for OU study on use of meteorite iron in ancient Egypt
http://www.open.ac.uk/research/main/news/grant-success-for-ou-study-use-meteorite-iron-ancient-egypt

TULANE UNIVERSITY

Egyptologist sheds light on Tulane mummies
http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/080414_egyptologist_and_tulane_mummies.cfm

BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY

Heart Disease in Mummies
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/heart-disease-in-mummies/

Unraveling Mummy Mysteries at Tulane
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/unraveling-mummy-mysteries-at-tulane/

Ancient Egyptian Mummification
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/ancient-egyptian-mummification/

To See or Not to See: Technology Peers into Ancient Mummies
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/to-see-or-not-to-see-technology-peers-into-ancient-mummies/

Examining the Lives of Ancient Egyptian Women
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/examining-the-lives-of-ancient-egyptian-women/

1,500-Year-Old Christian Amulet References Eucharist
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/post-biblical-period/1500-year-old-christian-amulet-references-eucharist/

AHRAM ONLINE

Coin smuggler foiled at Cairo Airport
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/107807/Heritage/GrecoRoman/Coin-smuggler-foiled-at-Cairo-Airport.aspx

Mummies in Egypt began long before Age of Pharoahs
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/108406.aspx

Stolen fragments from pyramid tomb to be returned from Germany
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/108501/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Stolen-fragments-from-pyramid-tomb-to-be-returned-.aspx

UK campaigners request Egyptian help to restore ancient statue to public view
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/0/110130/Heritage/UK-campaigners-request-Egyptian-help-to-restore-an.aspx

AL-AHRAM WEEKLY

Evidence of Akhenaten
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/6888/47/Evidence--of--Akhenaten.aspx

Revisiting Tut’s discovery
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/6887/47/Revisiting-Tut%E2%80%99s-discovery-.aspx

Developments in Qantara
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7057/47/Developments-in-Qantara.aspx

Tutankhamun in Tokyo
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7130/47/Tutankhamun-in-Tokyo.aspx

BATTLE CREEK ENQUIRER

Egypt makes slow gains against antiquities thefts
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/13397909

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY

By Kathleen Tuck:

The Mummy’s Face: Solving an Ancient Mystery
http://news.boisestate.edu/update/2014/08/13/mummys-face-solving-ancient-mystery/

ART DAILY

Ashmolean's summer exhibition displays objects from ancient Egypt’s Amarna Period
http://artdaily.com/news/71901/Ashmolean-s-summer-exhibition-displays-objects-from-ancient-Egypt--146-s-Amarna-Period#.U-dZeuN_uSo

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

IMPACT Radiological Mummy Database
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2012/05/impact-radiological-mummy-database.html

Online Abnormal Hieratic Reading Book
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2013/05/online-abnormal-hieratic-reading-book.html

The Ancient Egyptian Necropolis of Assiut
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/08/the-ancient-egyptian-necropolis-of.html

Répertoire bibliographique des figurines funéraires (shabtis / oushebtis)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2012/01/repertoire-bibliographique-des.html

t3.wy Foundation for Historical Research in Egyptology: "Excavating in Archives"
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2011/11/dighouses-in-egypt-online.html

The Global Egyptian Museum
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2010/06/global-egyptian-museum.html

News from the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/09/news-from-ucla-encyclopedia-of.html

Travellers’Graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/09/travellersgraffiti-from-egypt-and-sudan.html

HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT

by María Rosa Valdesogo:

Why Became the Ancient Egyptian Goddess Neith a Protective of the Dead?
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/07/31/why-became-the-ancient-egyptian-goddess-neith-a-protective-of-the-dead/

The Ancient Egyptian Goddess Serket, a Dead Protector.
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/08/07/the-ancient-egyptian-goddess-serket-a-dead-protector/

The Ancient Egyptian Goddess Serket. The Water Scorpion that Helped the Dead Breathe.
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/08/14/the-ancient-egyptian-goddess-serket-helped-the-dead-breathe/

Hair was essential in Aztec Mourning like in Ancient Egypt.
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/08/21/hair-was-essential-in-aztec-mourning-like-in-ancient-egypt/

The Dead: An Observer in the Egyptian Art.
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/09/04/the-dead-an-observer-in-the-egyptian-art/

IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

New post by Molly Gleeson:

Is there an archaeobotanist in the house?
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/08/02/is-there-an-archaeobotanist-in-the-house/

A different sort of unwrapping…
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/08/13/a-different-sort-of-unwrapping/

by guest blogger Jessica Schwartz:

Working In the Artifact Lab
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/08/06/working-in-the-artifact-lab/

Conserving Egyptian Collections, day 1
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/09/02/conserving-egyptian-collections-day-1/

Conserving Egyptian Collections, day 2
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/09/05/conserving-egyptian-collections-day-2/

EGYPTIANS

New posts by Timothy Reid:

The Mummy of Herakleides
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/08/the-mummy-of-herakleides.html

Five Minutes in the Mummy Chambers
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/08/five-minutes-in-mummy-chamber.html

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/08/the-encyclopedia-of-ancient-egypt.html

The Masterpieces of the Pergamon and Bode Museum
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/08/the-masterpieces-of-pergamon-and-bode.html

The Tutankhamun Deception
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/08/the-tutankhamun-deception.html

Women in Ancient Egypt
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/09/women-in-ancient-egypt.html

THE BRITISH MUSEUM BLOG

By Anna Hodgkinson, Research Fellow, British Museum:

Colourful glass adornments from Egypt: an 18th-dynasty enigma
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/07/31/colourful-glass-adornments-from-egypt-an-18th-dynasty-enigma/

By Julie Anderson, Assistant Keeper (curator), British Museum:

Death, the great equaliser: Christianity on the Middle Nile
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/08/08/death-the-great-equaliser-christianity-on-the-middle-nile/

ANCIENT EGYPT AND A MAPLE LEAF

New post by Thomas H. Greiner:

100 Years and Counting: My 3 Favourite Objects at the Royal Ontario Museum
http://thomasgreiner.com/2014/08/05/100-years-and-counting-my-3-favourite-objects-at-the-royal-ontario-museum/

BEYOND BONES

Conservation student Kate Brugioni blows the lid off the restoration process for ancient Egyptian artifacts
http://blog.hmns.org/2014/07/hall-of-ancient-egypt-kate-brugioni-restoration-ancient-artifacts/

Off With Its Head! The “De-restoration” of the MCCM Coffin Lid
http://blog.hmns.org/2014/08/off-with-its-head-the-de-restoration-of-the-mccm-coffin-lid/

MEDICINE AND MAGIC IN ANCIENT EGYPT

By Sofia Lodi:

Medicinal Uses of Celery in Ancient Egypt
http://nefertotsie.blogspot.nl/2014/08/medicinal-uses-of-celery-in-ancient.html

Migraine in ancient Egypt
http://nefertotsie.blogspot.nl/2014/08/migraine-in-ancient-egypt.html

ANCIENT EGYPT ALIVE!

by Laura Ranieri:

Day 5 – Cairo: Private Pyramids to Ramadan Insanity
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/05/day-5-cairo-private-pyramids-to-ramadan-insanity/

Days 6-8 – Overnight In The White Desert
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/06/days-6-8-overnight-in-the-white-desert/

Day 9 – Alone in Luxor and Touring with the Qiftis
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/07/day-9-alone-in-luxor-and-touring-with-the-qiftis/

Deir el Bahri in the Blistering Heat: Our private audience with Hatshepsut
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/12/deir-el-bahri-in-the-blistering-heat-our-private-audience-with-hatshepsut/

Medinet Habu — Pharaonic Egypt’s Last Great Stand
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/14/medinet-habu-pharaonic-egypts-last-great-stand/

Ghostly Encounter at the Old Winter Palace
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/15/ghostly-encounter-at-the-old-winter-palace/

Day 12- The Delight of Denderah Temple: A Ptolemaic Masterpiece
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/22/day-12-the-delight-of-denderah-temple-a-ptolemaic-masterpiece/

LIVESCIENCE

By Stephanie Pappas:

Origins of Hierarchy: How Egyptian Pharaohs Rose to Power
http://www.livescience.com/47284-how-stone-age-despots-evolved.html

By Owen Jarus:

'Evil Eye' Box and Other Ancient Treasures Found in Nile River Cemetery
http://www.livescience.com/47306-nile-river-cemetery-discovered.html

NATURE

Mummifying-balm recipe is older than the pharaohs
http://www.nature.com/news/mummifying-balm-recipe-is-older-than-the-pharaohs-1.15717

POPULAR ARCHAEOLOGY

Egyptian mummification started much earlier than previously thought, say researchers
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/egyptian-mummification-started-much-earlier-than-previously-thought-say-researchers

The Mummy Doctors
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-09012014/article/the-mummy-doctors

Merenptah Rising
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-09012014/article/merenptah-rising

Study shows how ecology transformed through 6,000 years of Egyptian history
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-09012014/article/study-shows-how-ecology-transformed-through-6-000-years-of-egyptian-history

EGYPT AT THE MANCHESTER MUSEUM

Object biography # 16: A pyramid temple column reused by Ramesses II (Acc. no. 1780)
http://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/object-biography-16-a-pyramid-temple-column-reused-by-ramesses-ii-acc-no-1780/

Unravelling the John Rylands papyrus collection
http://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/unravelling-the-john-rylands-papyrus-collection/

Edinburgh workshop 16/10/14: Egyptian Gold – Ancient Context, Modern Analysis
http://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/edinburgh-workshop-161014-egyptian-gold-ancient-context-modern-analysis/

LUXOR TIMES

A year later, Khufu's cartouche samples to be returned to Egypt
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2014/08/a-year-later-khufus-cartouche-samples.html

HERITAGEDAILY

The Mummy's Face: Solving An Ancient Mystery
http://www.heritagedaily.com/2014/08/the-mummys-face-solving-an-ancient-mystery/104487

DAILY NEWS EGYPT

Cartouche scandal : Germany returns illegally obtained archaeological samples from Cheops Pyramid
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/08/19/cartouche-scandal-germany-returns-illegally-obtained-archaeological-samples-cheops-pyramid/

THE EGYPTIAN HISTORY PODCAST

Episode 33: Revivals and Regencies

Amenemhat I (Part II) and Senuseret I (Part I).
http://egyptianhistory.libsyn.com/episode-33-revivals-and-regencies

Episode 34: Night of the Long Knives

Senuseret I (Part II) and the Flight of Sinuhe
http://egyptianhistory.libsyn.com/episode-34-night-of-the-long-knives

PAST HORIZONS

Uncovering Berenike: An Ancient Port On The Red Sea Coast
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2014/uncovering-berenike-an-ancient-port-on-the-red-sea-coast

Tracing Changes In Nile Valley Ecology Over 6000 Years
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2014/tracing-changes-in-nile-valley-ecology-over-6000-years

THE NEW YORK TIMES

By Scott Reyburn:

The Lure of Antiquities
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/arts/international/the-lure-of-antiquities.html?_r=2

ANCIENT ORIGINS

The Forgotten Stones of Aswan Quarry, Egypt
http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa-opinion-guest-authors/forgotten-stones-aswan-quarry-egypt-001984

EGYPT CENTRE, SWANSEA

The Eye of an Artist
http://egyptcentre.blogspot.nl/2014/08/the-eye-of-artist.html

Pottery Stool from Amarna W345
http://egyptcentre.blogspot.nl/2014/09/pottery-stool-from-amarna-w345.html

DESERET NEWS

Hamblin & Peterson: Alexander the Great wasn't content to be merely human
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865609382/Alexander-the-Great-wasnt-content-to-be-merely-human.html

OUPBLOG

Radiology and Egyptology: insights from ancient lives at the British Museum
http://blog.oup.com/2014/08/radiology-egyptology-ancient-lives-british-museum/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oupblog+%28OUPblog%29

THE GLEN DASH FOUNDATION BLOG

What this Cliff Face May Reveal about the Building of the Pyramids and the Origin of the Sphinx
http://glendash.com/blog/2014/08/18/what-this-cliff-face-may-reveal-about-the-building-of-the-pyramids-and-the-origin-of-the-sphinx/

SOUTH ASASIF CONSERVATION BLOG

Blog Post 8: Reconstructing Karakhamun
http://southasasif.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/blog-post-8-reconstructing-karakhamun/

PENN MUSEUM BLOG

LiDAR Scans and Sacred Lakes: A Report from the 2014 Summer Season at Abydos- Part 1
http://www.penn.museum/blog/research/lidar-scans-and-sacred-lakes-a-report-from-the-2014-summer-season-at-abydos-part-1/

GARSTANG MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY

The Making Of Our Beni Hasan Mural
http://garstangmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/the-making-of-our-beni-hasan-mural/

Object Biography: Meet 'Felix' One Of Our Mummified Cats
http://garstangmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/08/13/object-biography-meet-felix-one-of-our-mummified-cats/

The Texts Of The Coffin Of Userhat (E.512)
http://garstangmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/the-texts-of-the-coffin-of-userhat-e-512/

AL-TAHRIR NEWS NETWORK

New discovery in Horhotep tomb highlights pragmatic funerary complexes
http://www.tnnegypt.com/egyptology/new-discovery-horhotep-tomb-highlights-pragmatic-funerary-complexes/

THE ART NEWSPAPER

When Egypt was a land of three faiths and one god
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/When-Egypt-was-a-land-of-three-faiths-and-one-god/33430

THE HERALD NEWS

MFA's 'Gold and the Gods' opens window to ancient Nubia
http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20140825/ENTERTAINMENT/140828337/2052/ENTERTAINMENT/?Start=1

SCIENCE & SCHOLARSHIP IN POLAND

Polish archaeologists in on the Red Sea port
http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,401643,polish-archaeologists-in-on-the-red-sea-port.html

BBC NEWS

Ancient Last Supper charm found in John Rylands Library
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-29028009

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Conserving by copying: the urgency of Egyptology (youtube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78yHqP1lazA&feature=youtu.be

THE TELEGRAPH

What happened to the missing mummies of Egypt's lost queens?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11072792/What-happened-to-the-missing-mummies-of-Egypts-lost-queens.html

MUSEUMS AND HERITAGE

Egyptians Brought Back To Life At The Atkinson
http://www.museumsandheritage.com/advisor/news/item/3602

AERA

By Ana Tavares:

Fast forward by a thousand years…
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/fast-forward-by-a-thousand-years/

By Freya Sadarangani and Dan Jones:

Home and Away
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/home-and-away/

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ANIMAL BIO BANK

Manchester Museum’s Animal Mummies in Micro
http://ancientegyptbiobank.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/manchester-museums-animal-mummies-in-micro/

ACROSSBORDERS

Discussing ceramics from Sai Island and other Nubian sites
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/discussing-ceramics-from-sai-island-and-other-nubian-sites/

Some impressions from the 13th International Conference for Nubian Studies
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/some-impressions-from-the-13th-international-conference-for-nubian-studies/

THE CAIRO POST

Renovation of Sakkara step pyramid to be completed in 2015: Antiquities Minister
http://thecairopost.com/news/123741/travel-antiquities/renovation-of-sakkara-step-pyramid-to-be-completed-in-2015-antiquities-minister

3,000-year-old coffin lid found during house clearance in UK
http://thecairopost.com/news/123760/travel-antiquities/3000-year-old-coffin-lid-found-during-a-house-clearance-in-cambridge

76 Egyptian antiquities for auction at Christie’s
http://thecairopost.com/news/124065/travel-antiquities/76-egyptian-antiquities-for-auction-at-christies

Ancient Egyptian wall relief of Amun-Ra discovered in Sudan
http://thecairopost.com/news/124183/travel-antiquities/ancient-egyptian-wall-relief-of-amun-ra-discovered-in-sudan

Tutankhamen treasures, other items transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum
http://thecairopost.com/news/124275/travel-antiquities/tutankhamen-treasures-other-items-transferred-to-grand-egyptian-museum

Pharaonic New Year celebrated in Minya
http://thecairopost.com/news/124535/travel-antiquities/pharaonic-new-year-celebrated-in-minya