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Open Access Journal: Mainake
MainakeISSN: 0212-078X Revista de la Diputación Provincial de Málaga de periodicidad anual. Su objetivo es acoger y difundir los estudios y las novedades de Prehistoria, Protohistoria y Arqueología e...
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Diccionario micénico Online
Diccionario micénico: Índices Generales de la Lineal BEn una primera fase, y de manera paulatina, irán apareciendo los índices de referencias de los grupos de silabogramas en transliteración (directo e...
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Lecture notes: Artefacts and Early Archaeologists in the Valley of Kings
Luxor News blog (Jane Akshar)Artefacts and Early Archaeologists in the Valley of Kings – Donald RyanOr what they left behindThere is a cycle in the Valley of Kings of burial (sometimes reburial) and...
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Egyptian frustration as tourists stay away
The Guardian, UK (Jack Shenker)At the main hall in Cairo's International Conference Centre, the organisers had pulled out all the stops. Suited waiters scurried about with canapés, pyramids of baked...
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Exhibition: Tutankhamun in Japan
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)Tutankhamen reaches Japan for the first time in 46 years this week on the last leg of a ten stop tour that began in Switzerland in 2004 and passed through Germany, France,...
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Exhibition: Cleopatra in California
Virtual Press OfficeThe west coast premiere of Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt, featuring the largest collection of its kind ever assembled in the U.S., will open at the California...
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New Book: Imaging the Cheops Pyramid Imaging the Cheops Pyramid
SpringerImaging the Cheops PyramidBy H.D. BuiSeries: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, Vol. 182SpringerIn this book Egyptian Archeology and Mathematics meet. The author is an expert in theories and...
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A Condensed History of the Dakhleh Oasis – Part 1
Mummy's WrapOften overlooked by the mainstream, the oases in the Western Desert of Egypt offer a unique view to the history of ancient Egypt. The history of the oases parallels the history of the Nile...
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Egyptologists still digging up past, even with uncertain future
Medill Reports (David B. Nelson)The Egyptian Revolution that began a year ago continues to create instability in a country rich with antiquity. But most Egyptologists say it’s business as usual, even...
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Paper discusses possibility of early Egyptian reference to Israel
Bible History DailyThe Merneptah Stele has long been touted as the earliest extrabiblical reference to Israel.* The ancient Egyptian inscription dates to about 1205 B.C.E. and recounts the military...
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Egyptians fed ibis birds for the afterlife
New Scientist (Linda Geddes)Ancient Egyptians paid special attention to the organs of their dead, embalming them so they would continue to function in the afterlife. Now it seems they did the same for...
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Who should save Egypt's archives?
Al Jazeera (Hussein Omar)It has sometimes been claimed that, like human rights and democracy, the protection of Egypt's cultural heritage cannot be left to the Egyptians. Corruption, poverty and...
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Les archives du chantier de la pyramide de Téti
Pharaon MagazineMy thanks to Alice Gaylor for point out this link. It is an old link, but I didn't see it at the time and it is still very interesting.Basically, a set of papyri from the Old Kingdom...
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Hieroglyph-inscribed lintel discovered at Amara West
Amara West, British Museum blog (Mary Shepperson)With photos.House E13.6 at Amara West is a linear domestic house in the centre of the town. In its late phase, the house was entered from a narrow lane...
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What has Princeton returned?
Source: MiBAC Princeton has been reluctant to provide specific details of what has been returned to Italy. So here is a possible list based on the MiBAC and Princeton press releases. I have also...
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Photo for Today: Sarcophagus of Ankhnesneferibre
Black schist sarcophagus of princess Ankhnesneferibre,26th Dynasty ThebesThe sarcophagus was reused in the Roman period bya Roman priest who changed some of the names in the cartouches.British Museum....
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Update on Hawass
zahihawass.comFor anyone interested in the activities of Hawass, following his replacement, he has updated his website (see above link). The most interesting pieces of information that he imparts are...
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CJ Review: Finglass on Apfel, Advent of Pluralism
posted with permission Lauren J. Apfel, The Advent of Pluralism: Diversity and Conflict in the Age of Sophocles. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2011. Pp. xvi + 380. £70.00/$135.00. ISBN...
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Bologna Greek and Latin Summer School (25th June – 13th July 2012)
Seen on various lists: Bologna University Greek and Latin Summer School (25th June – 13th July 2012) The Department of Classics and Italian studies (http://www.ficlit.unibo.it) of Bologna University...
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