Wednesday Weekly # 55

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