Wednesday Weekly # 49

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


SLATE

What Is It Like to Be an Egyptologist?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2014/10/01/what_is_it_like_to_be_an_egyptologist.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top

AL-AHRAM WEEKLY

By Al-Sayed Mahfouz:

Legend of the Sesostris Canal
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7397/47/Legend-of-the-Sesostris-Canal-.aspx

NYTIMES.COM

By John Noble Wilford:

Multiculturalism: Nothing New
‘When the Greeks Ruled Egypt’ Highlights the Diversity of Cultures in Ptolemaic Egypt
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/science/when-the-greeks-ruled-egypt-highlights-the-diversity-of-cultures-in-ptolemaic-egypt.html?referrer&_r=0

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

Le Wiki Culture Diff': Ressources en Egyptologie
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2010/08/egyotilogical-wiki-culture-diff.html

Open Access Journal: Rosetta: Papers of the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2012/03/open-access-journal-rosetta-papers-of.html

IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

New posts by Molly Gleeson:

Exploring Villanova’s new CAVE
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/10/03/exploring-villanovas-new-cave/

Views inside a painted wooden coffin
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/10/04/views-inside-a-painted-wooden-coffin/

Sizing up our child mummy
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/10/04/sizing-up-our-child-mummy/

MARIA ROSA VALDESOGO

A Sexual Scene in Egyptian Art: Stele of Sebekaa.
http://www.mariarosavaldesogo.com/sexual-act-ancient-egyptian-work-art-stele-sebekaa/

EGYPT CENTRE, SWANSEA

Dressing-up: not just for children
http://egyptcentre.blogspot.nl/2014/10/dressing-up-not-just-for-children.html

AERA

By Rudeina Bayoumi, Rehab Ahmed Mohamed and Aisha Mohamed Montaser (MSA ceramic students):

Choose the short straw…
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/choose-the-short-straw/

Perunefer or ‘bon voyage’ in ancient Egyptian
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/perunefer-or-bon-voyage-in-ancient-egyptian/

THE EGYPTIAN HISTORY PODCAST

Episode 36: The White Chapel

Senuseret I (Part III) and Karnak Temple.
http://ec.libsyn.com/p/9/e/0/9e084523fc2147e7/36._The_White_Chapel.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d06c98530d0c85b23b3&c_id=7688062

THE ART NEWSPAPER

St Louis archaeological society puts its Egyptian treasure up for auction
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/St-Louis-archaeological-society-sells-Egyptian-treasure/35718

SOUTH ASASIF CONSERVATION PROJECT BLOG

Irtieru and the Woman in Black Garmets: A Story told by Miguel Molinero Polo
http://southasasif.wordpress.com/2014/10/04/irtieru-and-the-woman-in-black-garmets-a-story-told-by-miguel-molinero-polo/

ANCIENT EGYPT ALIVE!

Dr. Bednarski brings ARCE’s Recent Excavation in Luxor, Egypt Alive!
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/10/04/dr-bednarski-brings-arces-recent-excavation-in-luxor-egypt-alive/

THE CAIRO POST

Northampton Museums barred from Museum Association over sale of Sekhemka statue
http://thecairopost.com/news/126613/topnews/northampton-museums-barred-from-museum-association-over-sale-of-sekhemka-statue

SCRIBE ACADEMY

The basics #2: transliteration
http://www.scribeacademy.co.uk/blog/the-basics-2-transliteration