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New Book: The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Earth
Lockwood PressThe Ancient Egyptian Books of the EarthJoshua Aaron RobersonThis volume examines the history, evolution, function, and meaning of a discrete corpus of cosmological texts and images...
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New Book: Litigation, and Social Control in Roman Egypt
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Georgy Kantor) Benjamin Kelly, Petitions, Litigation, and Social Control in Roman Egypt. Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents. Oxford; New York: Oxford...
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Exhibition: Le Crépuscule des Pharaons
Art Media Agency “Le Crépuscule des Pharaons” at the Musée Jacquemart-AndréParis, 29 February 2012, Art Media Agency (AMA).The Musée Jacquemart-André is to present an exhibition titled “Le Crépuscule...
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The Horned Viper
iMalqataAlthough once a palace-city that housed hundreds of people, as an archaeological site Malqata is part of Egypt’s low desert. When you visit the site, it is not immediately apparent that...
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Funding to create new permanent exhibition in Cornwall (UK)
This Is CornwallWith pictures.The Royal Cornwall Museum's most popular exhibit will be given its own enclosed tomb thanks to a £233,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.The money will be used to...
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AEC Egyptology Newsletter No. 22 (February 27)
academia.edu A four page newsletter from the AEC, with the usual mix of interesting material. Sadly they have been unable to raise the full amount of money necessary to rebuild a lovely-looking 21st...
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New distance Diploma course to run from October at Manchester University (UK)
KNH Centre for Biomedical EgyptologyThanks to Barbara O'Neill both for this link and for keeping me up to date with all the progress on the development of the Diploma (when I was told to keep things...
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Sad News: Tharwat Okasha, a founder of Egypt’s culture institutions dies
Ahram Online Writer, translator and minister of culture during the Nasserite era, Tharwat Okasha, who is referred to as the founder of Egypt’s cultural institutions, died on Monday 27 February in...
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Egyptian warrior's helmet?
Live Science (Owen Jarus)A Greek bronze helmet, covered with gold leaf and decorated with snakes, lions and a peacock's tail (or palmette), has been discovered in the waters of Haifa Bay in Israel. But...
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Fire in Siwa caused by smugglers, but archaeology safe
Ahram OnlineA fire that destroyed over 1700 hectares of farmland in the Siwa Oasis on Tuesday was started deliberately by border smuggling gangs, a local tribal leader has claimed.The attacks were in...
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Minister requests burnt NDP building merge with museum
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim submitted an official request on Tuesday to Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzouri asking that he hand over the land which the...
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Grand Egyptian Museum to be opened in 2015
PressTV Egypt's Antiquities Ministry has announced that the Grand Egyptian Museum will be opened in 2015 on the Cairo-Alexandria Road near the famous Giza Pyramids.The building is in its final...
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More details re Nehmes-Bastet and KV64
Swiss.infoNot a lot new here, except that the dimension of the mummy and the coffin are now provided (with a substantial discrepancy between the two heights), and there's a nice account of the...
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Garbage dumping and archaeological looting in Abu Sir alarm residents
Egypt Independent With photograph. Since last January’s uprising, the archaeologically rich area of Abu Sir in the Giza Governorate has come to resemble an ad hoc garbage disposal site due to a lack of...
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Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen
The classic episode from the Patrick Troughton era, “The Abominable Snowmen,” is almost entirely lost. It is a pity, as it is an engaging episode with a convincing story and interesting exploration of...
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Tales from the Jarash hinterland
JHS team member Andrew Card braves the rubbish to survey a tomb. Image: Fiona BakerBy Fiona Baker and David Kennedy The third and final field season of the Jarash Hinterland Survey (JHS) took place in...
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Bibleworks 9 Review 4
Texts/Versions and Modules: Bibleworks 9, like earlier versions of the software, includes a number of helpful texts and modules. The NIV and ESV 2011 updates are both available on BW9. Not available...
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Baylor’s Latin Day
From the Baylor Lariat … this seems like a major outreach strategy; how many Classics departments do this sort of thing? An ancient Roman comedy and other Latin activities will kick off the weekend for...
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Latin in Rochester
From the University of Rochester Campus Times: Fishing through a sea of scrap papers on his desk, Nicholas Gresens, a professor in the Department of Religion and Classics, found a torn, graying index...
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News article: Il ministro Ornaghi: «Tre anni per salvare gli scavi di Pompei»
From Corriere del Mezzogiorno: Il ministro Ornaghi: «Tre anni per salvare gli scavi di Pompei» Il cronoprogramma: entro marzo i primi bandi per il restauro di cinque domus. Disponibili i 105 milioni Ue...
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