Welcome to the Wednesday Weekly, your weekly dose of links to Egyptology news, articles, blogs, events and more!
INSTITUTE FOR FIELD RESEARCH FIELD SCHOOLS
Egypt - Fayum
The 2015 field school will excavate at the Graeco-Roman town of Karanis, founded in the third century BCE and abandoned during the early seventh century CE. The preservation of the ancient remains is excellent and a wide range of archaeological materials, including botanical macro-remains, textiles, wood and metal, is studied by a large group of archaeological specialists.
Course Dates: Oct 16 - Nov 21 2015
Payment Deadline: January 15, 2015
Enrollment Status: OPEN
Total Cost: $ 4,800
Course Type: Field Archaeology
Instructor: Prof. Willeke Wendrich
http://www.ifrglobal.org/programs/me/egypt-fayum
STANFORD NEWS
Stanford archaeologist leads the first detailed study of human remains at the ancient Egyptian site of Deir el-Medina
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/november/healthcare-ancient-egypt-111714.html
THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE
Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis Online
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/11/papyrus-graecus-holmiensis-omline.html
Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum Old Kingdom Volumes Online
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2012/07/corpus-antiquitatum-aegyptiacarum-old.html
IN THE ARTIFACT LAB
New posts by Molly Gleeson:
Hello, goodbye
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/11/18/hello-goodbye/
Tawahibre, front and center
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/11/18/tawahibre-front-and-center/
AHRAM ONLINE
Fifteen beams of King Khufu's second solar boat arrive to GEM after restoration
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/115360/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Fifteen-beams-of-King-Khufus-second-solar-boat-arr.aspx
UNESCO teams visits old Cairo, Djoser's step pyramid
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/115580/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/UNESCO-teams-visits-old-Cairo,-Djosers-step-pyrami.aspx
UNESCO ends visit to Egypt, discusses preliminary recommendations
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/115752/Heritage/Islamic/UNESCO-ends-visit-to-Egypt,-discusses-preliminary-.aspx
THE BOLTON NEWS
Revealed: Modern medicine unwraps ancient mysteries of Bolton's 2,000-year-old child mummy
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/NEWS/11604508.Revealed__Modern_medicine_unwraps_ancient_mysteries_of_Bolton_s_2_000_year_old_child_mummy/?ref=rss
AL-AHRAM WEEKLY
The truth about Tutankhamun
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7679/47/The-truth-about-Tutankhamun.aspx
Was Tutankhamun epileptic?
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7678/47/Was-Tutankhamun-epileptic-.aspx
DAILY NEWS EGYPT
A final call to save Alexandria’s antiquities
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/11/12/final-call-save-alexandrias-antiquities/
GEBEL EL SILSILA SURVEY PROJECT
Welcoming Visitors- TARA, MEHEN and Plymouth Egyptology Society
http://gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyproject.blogspot.nl/2014/11/welcoming-visitors-tara-mehen-and.html
2 weeks in photos
http://gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyproject.blogspot.nl/2014/11/2-weeks-in-photos.html
DEMON THINGS - ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DEMONOLOGY PROJECT
Call for papers: Demon Things conference
Demon Things:
Ancient Egyptian Manifestations of Liminal Entities
21-24 March, 2016
at Swansea University, Wales, UK
This international conference explores the range and variation of liminal entities the Ancient Egyptians believed capable of harm and help from the Predynastic through the Coptic periods.
http://www.demonthings.com/call-for-papers-demon-things-conference/
ACROSSBORDERS
New post by Julia Budka:
Home game: presenting AcrossBorders in Vienna
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/home-game-presenting-acrossborders-in-vienna/
GARRY SHAW
The Wigtown Daily Interview
http://garryshawegypt.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/the-wigtown-daily-interview.html
A Scribe in Brussels
http://garryshawegypt.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/a-scribe-in-brussels.html
BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY
Childhood in Roman Egypt
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/childhood-in-roman-egypt/
THE CAIRO POST
Hawass under investigation for graft
http://thecairopost.com/news/128826/editors-choice/hawaas-under-investigation-for-graft
15 pieces of Khufu’s solar boat transported to GEM
http://thecairopost.com/news/128857/travel-antiquities/15-pieces-of-khufus-solar-boat-transported-to-gem-damaty
Do mummies deserve a ‘return to eternity?’
http://thecairopost.com/news/129131/travel-antiquities/do-mummies-deserve-a-return-to-eternity
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