Wednesday Weekly # 99

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

Photocredit: Ahram Online

LUXOR TIMES

Exclusive footage: As good as new. King Tut's golden mask is back on display
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2015/12/exclusive-footage-as-good-as-new-king.html

Another King Tut's related discovery would change chapters in history books. This time in Sakkara
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2015/12/another-king-tuts-related-discovery.html

6 rock-cut statues discovered in Gebel Silsila
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2015/12/6-rock-cut-statues-discovered-in-gebel.html

ACROSSBORDERS

End of the 2015 season on Elephantine Island
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/end-of-the-2015-season-on-elephantine-island/

AcrossBorders 2016: the upcoming fieldwork season
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/acrossborders-2016-the-upcoming-fieldwork-season/

Looking back: 2015 papers and reports
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/looking-back-2015-papers-and-reports/

AERA

Watch “Secrets: Great Pyramid” featuring Mark Lehner
http://www.aeraweb.org/news/watch-secrets-great-pyramid-featuring-mark-lehner/

BROOKLYN MUSEUM

The Brooklyn Museum’s archaeological expedition to the temple precinct of the goddess Mut
http://brooklynmuseum.tumblr.com/post/136534258227/the-brooklyn-museums-archaeological-expedition-to

DEMON BLOG

‘Demon Things’ conference 2016 abstract: Jiří Janák and Renata Landgráfová

Guardians of Gates: an Unusual Assemblage of Demons in Menekhibnekau‘s Book of the Dead Chapter 144
http://www.demonthings.com/demon-things-conference-2016-abstract-jiri-janak-and-renata-landgrafova/

‘Demon Things’ conference 2016 abstract: Jay Johnston

Drawing Demons: Iconography and Ontology in the Heidelberg Coptic Papyri
http://www.demonthings.com/demon-things-conference-2016-abstract-jay-johnston/

‘Demon Things’ conference 2016 abstract: Aris Legowski

What is the Evil within Demons? Exploring the Egyptian semantic field of the Evil
http://www.demonthings.com/demon-things-conference-2016-abstract-aris-legowski/

‘Demon Things’ conference 2016 abstract: El Zahraa Megahed and Laure Pantalacci

The Demoniacal Manifestations of Winds in Calendars of Lucky and Unlucky Days
http://www.demonthings.com/demon-things-conference-2016-abstract-el-zahraa-megahed-and-laure-pantalacci/

‘Demon Things’ conference 2016 abstract: Maria Nilsson

Symbolae sacrae – symbolic formulae for protection and adoration within the sandstone quarries of Gebel el Silsila
http://www.demonthings.com/demon-things-conference-2016-abstract-maria-nilsson/

‘Demon Things’ conference 2016 abstract: Wael Sherbiny

Between Texts and Images: representations of the supernatural entities in the so-called Book of Two Ways
http://www.demonthings.com/demon-things-conference-2016-abstract-wael-sherbiny/

‘Demon Things’ conference 2016 abstract: Tony Spalinger

Demonizing the Enemy: The Ramesside Libyans
http://www.demonthings.com/demon-things-conference-2016-abstract-tony-spalinger/

IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

Examination of Wooden Tomb Models
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2015/12/04/examination-of-wooden-tomb-models/

Progress update on the stola coffin treatment
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2015/12/17/progress-update-on-the-stola-coffin-treatment/

Egypt-bound
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2015/12/26/egypt-bound/

APPEAR Project – Fayum Mummy Portraits
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2015/12/29/appear-project-fayum-mummy-portraits/

EGYPT AT THE MANCHESTER MUSEUM

Object Biography # 19: The Book of the Dead of Padiusir
https://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2015/12/14/object-biography-19-the-book-of-the-dead-of-padiusir/

Study Day 13 Feb 2016: ‘Meeting the Gods: Interactions between mortals & the divine’
https://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/study-day-13-feb-2016-meeting-the-gods-interactions-between-mortals-7-the-d/

Animal Mummies #8: Secrecy, wrapping and revealing
https://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2015/12/18/animal-mummies-8-secrecy-wrapping-and-revealing/

THE ART NEWSPAPER

One God to rule them all: Garry Shaw on Faith After the Pharaohs at the British Museum
http://theartnewspaper.com/comment/reviews/exhibitions/one-god-to-rule-them-all-garry-shaw-on-faith-after-the-pharaohs-at-the-british-museum/

GEBEL EL SILSILA SURVEY PROJECT

Six NK Statues and Intact Relief Scenes Discovered in Gebel el Silsila!
http://gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyproject.blogspot.nl/2015/12/six-nk-statues-and-intact-relief-scenes.html

AHRAM ONLINE

Tomb of Tutankhamun’s wet nurse in Egypt's Saqqara opened to public
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/174009/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Tomb-of-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-wet-nurse-in-Egypts-Saqqara-.aspx

King Amenhotep III statue accidently recovered in Edfu
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/178839/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/King-Amenhotep-III-statue-accidently-recovered-in-.aspx

New discovery in Qantara West suggests date of origin of Tel Al-Dafna site
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/177760/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-discovery-in-Qantara-West-suggests-date-of-ori.aspx

SCIENCE & SCHOLARSHIP IN POLAND

Launch of the world's largest study of Egyptian mummies
http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,407875,launch-of-the-worlds-largest-study-of-egyptian-mummies.html

NILE MAGAZINE

Ah, The 'Good Old Days ...'
http://www.nilemagazine.com.au/2015-december/2015/12/14/ah-the-good-old-days-

The First Hi-Res Photo Of Tutankhaumn's Restored Golden Mask
http://www.nilemagazine.com.au/2015-december/2015/12/29/the-first-hi-res-photo-of-tutankhamuns-restored-golden-mask

Philae. The Last Temple
http://www.nilemagazine.com.au/2016-january/2016/1/2/the-last-temple

NOW AT THE MET

Creating Virtual and Physical Models of the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III
http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/2015/pyramid-complex-of-senwosret-iii

PAIDES

Theon, an Angry Boy from Roman Egypt (P. Oxy. I 119)
https://paidesblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/13/theon-an-angry-boy-p-oxy-i-119/

THE EGYPTIAN HISTORY PODCAST

Episode 56-B: Restoring Splendour

Second Intermediate Period (End).
http://egyptianhistory.libsyn.com/episode-56-b-restoring-splendour

Episode 56-C: A Royal Funeral

How to Bury an Egyptian King.
http://egyptianhistory.libsyn.com/episode-56-c-a-royal-funeral

ANCIENT ORIGINS

Unearthing the Ancient Port of Naukratis, a Bridge between Egyptian and Greek Civilization
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/unearthing-ancient-port-naukratis-bridge-between-egyptian-and-greek-020681

Kiya - The Most Mysterious Woman of Amarna
http://www.ancient-origins.net/history/kiya-most-mysterious-woman-amarna-005092

BM INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMME

Discovering Senenmut: An Exciting Egyptian Find At Manchester Museum
https://bmtrainingprog.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/discovering-senenmut-an-exciting-egyptian-find-at-manchester-museum/

Scanning Sobek: A Challenge For Room 3
https://bmtrainingprog.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/scanning-sobek-a-challenge-for-room-3/

ERIC'S GUIDE TO ANCIENT EGYPT

EPISODE 011: How Old Is The Sphinx
http://ericsguidetoancientegypt.com/?p=114

EPISODE 012: Egyptology 101 With Kara Cooney And Emily Cole
http://ericsguidetoancientegypt.com/?p=117

EPISODE 013: The Horus-Jesus Connection
http://ericsguidetoancientegypt.com/?p=121

EPISODE 014: The Festival Of Drunkenness And The Destruction Of Mankind
http://ericsguidetoancientegypt.com/?p=124

EPISODE 015: The Ancient Egyptian Calendar
http://ericsguidetoancientegypt.com/?p=128

EGYPTIANS

Egyptology in 2015
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2015/12/egyptology-in-2015.html

A Must Read Document for 2016
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2015/12/a-must-read-document-for-2016.html

The Truth in the Search for Nefertiti
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2015/12/the-truth-in-search-for-nefertiti.html

MARÍA ROSA VALDESOGO

Juxtaposition in Ancient Egypt. Isis and Nephthys justaposed.
http://www.mariarosavaldesogo.com/juxtaposition-in-ancient-egypt-isis-and-nephthys-justaposed/

DW.COM

What the world might discover from the King Tut mask restoration
http://www.dw.com/en/what-the-world-might-discover-from-the-king-tut-mask-restoration/a-18902096

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Did Egypt’s Old Kingdom Die—or Simply Fade Away?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/151224-egypt-climate-change-old-kingdom-archaeology/

SCI-NEWS.COM

3,200-Year-Old Papyrus Contains Astrophysical Information about Variable Star Algol
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/papyrus-cairo-calendar-astrophysical-information-variable-star-algol-03533.html