Wednesday Weekly # 47

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


LIVESCIENCE

By Owen Jarus:

Ancient Egyptian Woman with 70 Hair Extensions Discovered
http://www.livescience.com/47875-ancient-egyptian-woman-with-hair-extensions.html

By Megan Gannon:

Pharaoh-Branded Amulet Found at Ancient Copper Mine in Jordan
http://www.livescience.com/47884-pharaoh-amulet-ancient-copper-mine.html

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

Open Access Journal: ENIM: Égypte nilotique et méditerranéenne
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2009/06/open-access-journal-enim-egypte.html

Acacdemia Fiorentina di Papirologia e Studi sul Mondo Antico Biblioteca On Line1http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2011/02/accademia-fiorentina-di-papirologia.html

IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

A gift from a late, great, beauty magnate
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/09/23/a-gift-from-a-late-great-beauty-magnate/

THE BRITISH MUSEUM BLOG

By Gianluca Miniaci, Research Fellow, British Museum:

Faience figurines from Middle Kingdom Egypt
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/09/23/faience-figurines-from-middle-kingdom-egypt/

EGYPTIANS

New post by Timothy Reid:

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

MARIA ROSA VALDESOGO

“The Hand to the Mouth”. Suckling the Dead in Ancient Egypt.
http://www.mariarosavaldesogo.com/hand-mouth-suckling-dead-ancient-egypt/

AERA

By Rebekah Miracle (AERA GIS specialist):

The Canary in the Data Mine
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/the-canary-in-the-data-mine/

By Dr David Jeffreys (director Survey of Memphis, Egypt Exploration Society):

Now comes the hard part…
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/now-comes-the-hard-part/

AL-AHRAM WEEKLY

By Nevine El-Aref:

A dream comes true
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7253/47/A-dream-comes-true.aspx 

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ANIMAL BIO BANK

Light at the end of the tunnel......?
http://ancientegyptbiobank.wordpress.com/2014/09/17/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/ 

Honorary Curatorships for the Bio bank Team!
http://ancientegyptbiobank.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/honorary-curatorships-for-the-bio-bank-team/ 

THE PATRONS OF THE ARTS

Vatican Tech to Help Restore Egyptian Artworks
http://www.vatican-patrons.org/vatican-tech-to-help-restore-egyptian-artworks-1940

AHRAM ONLINE

Egypt denies claims oldest pyramid damaged in restoration
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/0/110952/Heritage/Egypt-denies-claims-oldest-pyramid-damaged-in-rest.aspx

KELSEY MUSEUM

My Favorite Artifact
https://kelseymuseum.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/my-favorite-artifact-3/

GARSTANG MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY

Object In Focus: A Fragment Of A “Dummy” Funerary Vessel (E.586)
http://garstangmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/09/18/object-in-focus-a-fragment-of-a-dummy-funerary-vessel-e-586/

THE CAIRO POST

Organized crime behind $5B in smuggled antiquities: Lehr
http://thecairopost.com/news/125628/travel-antiquities/organized-crime-behind-5b-in-smuggled-antiquities-lehr

ANCIENT AVARIS

The fascinating world of small things
http://ancientavaris.wordpress.com/2014/09/18/die-faszinierende-welt-der-kleinen-dinge-the-fascinating-world-of-small-things/

SCRIBE ACADEMY

New blog by Julia Thorne:

The basics #1: types of signs
http://www.scribeacademy.co.uk/blog/the-basics-1-types-of-signs

EES IMBABA SURVEY

Return to Imbaba!
http://imbaba.tumblr.com/post/97988134886/return-to-imbaba

Starting work!
http://imbaba.tumblr.com/post/97990641836/starting-work

A dusty day at the site
http://imbaba.tumblr.com/post/98068163421/a-dusty-day-at-the-site