Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Wednesday Weekly # 105

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

Photocredit: Ancient Origins

THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE

Coptic Scriptorium
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/12/coptic-scriptorium.html

Projekt/Project Naga
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2016/02/projektproject-naga.html

Archives du Cfeetk (Centre Franco-Égyptien d’Étude des Temples de Karnak)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2016/02/archives-du-cfeetk-centre-franco.html

IN THE ARTIFACT LAB

Out with the old, in with the…old
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2016/02/16/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-old/

BRITISH MUSEUM BLOG

Sharp of teeth: crocodiles in the ancient Sahara
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2016/02/16/sharp-of-teeth-crocodiles-in-the-ancient-sahara/

EGYPT CENTRE, SWANSEA

Marble Footprint. Guest blog by a child volunteer
http://egyptcentre.blogspot.nl/2016/02/marble-footprint-guest-blog-by-child.html

ACROSSBORDERS

End of Sai Island New Kingdom town season 2016
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/end-of-sai-island-new-kingdom-town-season-2016/

Official start of the cemetery season 2016
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/official-start-of-the-cemetery-season-2016/

Gold working and quarrying in Nubia – some new perspectives
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/gold-working-and-quarrying-in-nubia-some-new-perspectives/

AMARA WEST PROJECT BLOG

Amara West 2016: conservation challenges
http://blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org/2016/02/13/amara-west-2016-conservation-challenges/

AMARNA PROJECT

Grant from the Aurelius Trust
http://amarna-project.blogspot.nl/2016/02/grant-from-aurelius-trust.html

BROOKLYN MUSEUM

Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour
http://brooklynmuseum.tumblr.com/post/139114583846/so-long-as-there-is-gold-underneath-who-cares

Dig Diary, Feb. 14: 
http://brooklynmuseum.tumblr.com/post/139300595029/dig-diary-feb-14-the-hot-air-balloons-usually

“Who was Nespeqashuty and how did part of his tomb end up in Brooklyn?”
http://brooklynmuseum.tumblr.com/post/139483456220/who-was-nespeqashuty-and-how-did-part-of-his-tomb

UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN

Week 4 : 31 January – 6 February
http://www.instituten.leidenuniv.nl/nvic/onderwijs/egyptisch/archeojournaal-nvic.html#week-4--31-january--6-february

Week 5 : 7 - 13 February
http://www.institutes.leiden.edu/nvic/education/egyptian/archeojourn-nvic.html#week-5--7--13-february

EGYPT AT THE MANCHESTER MUSEUM

Object biography #20: A baboon of Iuwlot (Acc. no. 1785)
https://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/object-biography-20-a-baboon-of-iuwlot-acc-no-1785/

After Hours event 25/02/16: A mummy re-rolling
https://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/after-hours-event-250216-a-mummy-re-rolling/

AHRAM ONLINE

Investigations on in disappearence of 157 artefacts from Saqqara galleries
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/187462/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Investigations-on-in-disappearence-of--artefacts-f.aspx

Egypt to recover two stolen artefacts from Germany
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/187566/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-to-recover-two-stolen-artefacts-from-Germany.aspx

Egypt celebrates golden jubilee of Abu Simbel temple salvage operation
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/187762/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-celebrates-golden-jubilee-of-Abu-Simbel-temp.aspx

NILE MAGAZINE

Your Face When You Realize You Have Slept Through The Alarm Clock And You Are Going To Be Late... In The Afterlife!
http://www.nilemagazine.com.au/2016-january/2016/2/11/your-face-when-you-dont-hear-the-alarm-clock-and-you-realize-youre-going-to-be-late-in-the-afterlife

Stunning.
http://www.nilemagazine.com.au/2016-january/2016/2/13/stunning

AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT

TT110 Update: Fascinating Objects Uncovered As Excavation And Cleaning Progress
http://www.arce.org/news/2016/02/u169/tt110-update-fascinating-objects-uncovered-as-excavation-and-cleaning-progress

Behind The Scenes: The Repatriation Of Stolen Objects
http://www.arce.org/news/2016/02/u170/behind-the-scenes-the-repatriation-of-stolen-objects

ANCIENT ORIGINS

The Shrouded History of Nitocris: Was the Last Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty a Woman?
http://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/shrouded-history-nitocris-was-last-pharaoh-sixth-dynasty-woman-005347

Fayum Mummy Portraits Expose Information About Precise Painting Techniques and Possible Neurological Disorders
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/fayum-mummy-portraits-expose-information-about-precise-painting-techniques-020744

ERIC'S GUIDE TO ANCIENT EGYPT

Sex, Drugs, And Rock And Roll
http://ericsguidetoancientegypt.com/?p=223

BM INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMME

ITP 2016 – Egypt Application Deadline Approaching!
https://bmtrainingprog.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/itp-2016-egypt-application-deadline-approaching/

HISTORY EXTRA

Revelations in the Valley of the Kings: what has been found since King Tut’s coffin?
http://www.historyextra.com/article/ancient-egypt/revelations-valley-kings-tutankhamun

EGYPTIANS

Tuesday's Egyptian: The Lost Mummy of King Kamose
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2016/02/tuesdays-egyptian-lost-mummy-of-king.html

The Lost Egyptian Throne of Queen Hetepheres
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2016/02/the-lost-egyptian-throne-of-queen.html

LIVESCIENCE

'Space Archaeologists' Show Spike in Looting at Egypt's Ancient Sites
http://www.livescience.com/53752-egypt-looting-satellite-archaeology.html

CBC NEWS

Researcher finds Queen Hatshepsut artifacts in U of Winnipeg ancient Egypt collection
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/manitoba/egyptian-pharaoh-uw-artifacts-1.3445478

WARSAW MUMMY PROJECT

http://www.warsawmummyproject.com/en

DIGITAL SAQQARA

The Mummy Pits of Ancient Egypt
http://www.digitalsaqqara.co.uk/main/the-mummy-pits-of-ancient-egypt/


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