Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Wednesday Weekly # 62

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

courtesy of Freeman's of Philadelphia

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

Online Corpus of Ancient Sarcophagi
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2012/06/online-corpus-of-ancient-sarcophagi.html

Projet Karnak : Achèvement de la mise en ligne de la Chapelle de calcite de Thoutmosis IV
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2015/01/projet-karnak-achevement-de-la-mise-en.html

Online Exhibition: TEXTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT. Highlights from the Collection of the Leiden Papyrological Institute
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2015/01/online-exhibition-texts-from-ancient.html

MARÍA ROSA VALDESOGO

A challenge in the Art of Ancient Egypt: Osirian-Solar Iconography.
http://www.mariarosavaldesogo.com/challenge-art-ancient-egypt-osirian-solar-iconography/

IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

New post by Molly Gleeson:

Wilfred/a’s cartonnage
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2015/01/15/wilfredas-cartonnage/

TELEGRAPH

Egyptian treasures at Freeman's
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/collectables/58791/the-international-sale-at-freemans-features-egyptian-artefacts.html

NEWTOWNABBEY TIMES

Archaeologist unearths Egypt treasures
http://www.newtownabbeytoday.co.uk/news/local-news/archaeologist-unearths-egypt-treasures-1-6512869

BRYCE C. JONES

Guest Post: Excavating a Theban Tomb and Monastic Cell by Malcolm Choat
http://www.bricecjones.com/blog/guest-post-excavating-a-theban-tomb-and-monastic-cell-by-malcolm-choat

UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN

TEXTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT. Highlights from the Collection of the Leiden Papyrological Institute
http://www.hum.leiden.edu/papyrological-institute/papyrus-collection/exhibition-a.html

AHRAM ONLINE

35,000-year-old skeleton to return to Egypt
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/120634/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/,yearold-skeleton-to-return-to-Egypt.aspx

Graeco-Roman necropolis discovered in Alexandria
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/120807/Heritage/GrecoRoman/GraecoRoman-necropolis-discovered-in-Alexandria.aspx

AL-AHRAM WEEKLY

More discoveries
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/10130/47/More-discoveries.aspx

The Sphinx is safe
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/10128/47/The-Sphinx-is-safe.aspx

THE EGYPTIAN HISTORY PODCAST

Episode 42: Underworld

The Secret Tomb of Senuseret III
http://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/episode-42-underworld

ACROSSBORDERS

New blogposts by Julia Budka:

Sand, debris and bricks: New sections of negative walls from SAV1 East
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/sand-debris-and-bricks-new-sections-of-negative-walls-from-sav1-east/

End of week 2: more bricks and finds
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/end-of-week-2-more-bricks-and-finds/

First impressions of the 18th Dynasty ceramics from SAV1 West
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/first-impressions-of-the-18th-dynasty-ceramics-from-sav1-west/

AMARA WEST PROJECT BLOG

Amara West 2015 (week 1): painted bone, a house revealed and … ovens
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2015/01/16/amara-west-2015-week-1-painted-bone-a-house-revealed-and-ovens/

Amara West 2015: let’s dig some pyramids
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2015/01/19/amara-west-2015-lets-dig-some-pyramids/

Amara West 2015: a pyramid edge and its chapel emerges
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2015/01/20/amara-west-2015-a-pyramid-edge-and-its-chapel-emerges/

FACES & VOICES

The new Sappho fragments acquisition history: what we have learnt so far
https://facesandvoices.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/the-new-sappho-fragments-acquisition-history-what-we-have-learnt-so-far/

THE GLEN DASH FOUNDATION BLOG

Simultaneous Transit and Pyramid Alignments: Were the Egyptians’ Errors in Their Stars or in Themselves?
http://glendash.com/blog/2015/01/19/simultaneous-transit-and-pyramid-alignments-were-the-egyptians-errors-in-their-stars-or-in-themselves/

THE CAIRO POST

The Red Pyramid: Egypt’s forgotten architectural marvel
http://www.thecairopost.com/news/133745/travel-antiquities/the-red-pyramid-egypts-forgotten-architectural-marvel

BROOKLYN MUSEUM

In the spirit of celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Wilbour Library of Egyptology
http://brooklynmuseum.tumblr.com/post/108184012456/in-the-spirit-of-celebrating-the-80th-anniversary

HARMAKIS

The Papyrus of Ani
http://harmakis.net/en/archives/3369

The journey to the land of Punt
http://harmakis.net/en/archives/3373

The Battle of Megiddo
http://harmakis.net/en/archives/3376

LIVESCIENCE

Mummy Mask May Reveal Oldest Known Gospel
http://www.livescience.com/49489-oldest-known-gospel-mummy-mask.html

THE INDEPENDENT

Levison Wood's Walking the Nile: the challenge of a lifetime
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/africa/levison-woods-walking-the-nile-the-challenge-of-a-lifetime-9987224.html

HISTORY EXTRA

When did Ancient Egypt start and end?
http://www.historyextra.com/feature/ancient-egypt/when-did-ancient-egypt-start-and-end?utm_source=Twitter%20referral&utm_medium=t.co&utm_campaign=Bitly


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