The Wednesday Weekly is back with a summer edition, packed with links to Egyptology news, articles, blogs, events and more!
EUREKALERT
Chronic infection, smoke inhalation, or yet to be discovered causes could explain why ancient men and women had atherosclerosis
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-07/whf-cis072814.php?utm_content=buffer11752&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Study traces ecological collapse over 6,000 years of Egyptian history
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-09/uoc--ste090314.php
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
Grant success for OU study on use of meteorite iron in ancient Egypt
http://www.open.ac.uk/research/main/news/grant-success-for-ou-study-use-meteorite-iron-ancient-egypt
TULANE UNIVERSITY
Egyptologist sheds light on Tulane mummies
http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/080414_egyptologist_and_tulane_mummies.cfm
BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY
Heart Disease in Mummies
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/heart-disease-in-mummies/
Unraveling Mummy Mysteries at Tulane
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/unraveling-mummy-mysteries-at-tulane/
Ancient Egyptian Mummification
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/ancient-egyptian-mummification/
To See or Not to See: Technology Peers into Ancient Mummies
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/to-see-or-not-to-see-technology-peers-into-ancient-mummies/
Examining the Lives of Ancient Egyptian Women
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/examining-the-lives-of-ancient-egyptian-women/
1,500-Year-Old Christian Amulet References Eucharist
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/post-biblical-period/1500-year-old-christian-amulet-references-eucharist/
AHRAM ONLINE
Coin smuggler foiled at Cairo Airport
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/107807/Heritage/GrecoRoman/Coin-smuggler-foiled-at-Cairo-Airport.aspx
Mummies in Egypt began long before Age of Pharoahs
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/108406.aspx
Stolen fragments from pyramid tomb to be returned from Germany
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/108501/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Stolen-fragments-from-pyramid-tomb-to-be-returned-.aspx
UK campaigners request Egyptian help to restore ancient statue to public view
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/0/110130/Heritage/UK-campaigners-request-Egyptian-help-to-restore-an.aspx
AL-AHRAM WEEKLY
Evidence of Akhenaten
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/6888/47/Evidence--of--Akhenaten.aspx
Revisiting Tut’s discovery
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/6887/47/Revisiting-Tut%E2%80%99s-discovery-.aspx
Developments in Qantara
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7057/47/Developments-in-Qantara.aspx
Tutankhamun in Tokyo
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7130/47/Tutankhamun-in-Tokyo.aspx
BATTLE CREEK ENQUIRER
Egypt makes slow gains against antiquities thefts
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/13397909
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
By Kathleen Tuck:
The Mummy’s Face: Solving an Ancient Mystery
http://news.boisestate.edu/update/2014/08/13/mummys-face-solving-ancient-mystery/
ART DAILY
Ashmolean's summer exhibition displays objects from ancient Egypt’s Amarna Period
http://artdaily.com/news/71901/Ashmolean-s-summer-exhibition-displays-objects-from-ancient-Egypt--146-s-Amarna-Period#.U-dZeuN_uSo
THE ANCIENT WORLD ONLINE
IMPACT Radiological Mummy Database
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2012/05/impact-radiological-mummy-database.html
Online Abnormal Hieratic Reading Book
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2013/05/online-abnormal-hieratic-reading-book.html
The Ancient Egyptian Necropolis of Assiut
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/08/the-ancient-egyptian-necropolis-of.html
Répertoire bibliographique des figurines funéraires (shabtis / oushebtis)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2012/01/repertoire-bibliographique-des.html
t3.wy Foundation for Historical Research in Egyptology: "Excavating in Archives"
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2011/11/dighouses-in-egypt-online.html
The Global Egyptian Museum
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2010/06/global-egyptian-museum.html
News from the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/09/news-from-ucla-encyclopedia-of.html
Travellers’Graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.nl/2014/09/travellersgraffiti-from-egypt-and-sudan.html
HAIR AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT
by María Rosa Valdesogo:
Why Became the Ancient Egyptian Goddess Neith a Protective of the Dead?
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/07/31/why-became-the-ancient-egyptian-goddess-neith-a-protective-of-the-dead/
The Ancient Egyptian Goddess Serket, a Dead Protector.
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/08/07/the-ancient-egyptian-goddess-serket-a-dead-protector/
The Ancient Egyptian Goddess Serket. The Water Scorpion that Helped the Dead Breathe.
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/08/14/the-ancient-egyptian-goddess-serket-helped-the-dead-breathe/
Hair was essential in Aztec Mourning like in Ancient Egypt.
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/08/21/hair-was-essential-in-aztec-mourning-like-in-ancient-egypt/
The Dead: An Observer in the Egyptian Art.
http://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/2014/09/04/the-dead-an-observer-in-the-egyptian-art/
IN THE ARTIFACT LAB
New post by Molly Gleeson:
Is there an archaeobotanist in the house?
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/08/02/is-there-an-archaeobotanist-in-the-house/
A different sort of unwrapping…
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/08/13/a-different-sort-of-unwrapping/
by guest blogger Jessica Schwartz:
Working In the Artifact Lab
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/08/06/working-in-the-artifact-lab/
Conserving Egyptian Collections, day 1
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/09/02/conserving-egyptian-collections-day-1/
Conserving Egyptian Collections, day 2
http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/2014/09/05/conserving-egyptian-collections-day-2/
EGYPTIANS
New posts by Timothy Reid:
The Mummy of Herakleides
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/08/the-mummy-of-herakleides.html
Five Minutes in the Mummy Chambers
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/08/five-minutes-in-mummy-chamber.html
The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/08/the-encyclopedia-of-ancient-egypt.html
The Masterpieces of the Pergamon and Bode Museum
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/08/the-masterpieces-of-pergamon-and-bode.html
The Tutankhamun Deception
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/08/the-tutankhamun-deception.html
Women in Ancient Egypt
http://tim-theegyptians.blogspot.nl/2014/09/women-in-ancient-egypt.html
THE BRITISH MUSEUM BLOG
By Anna Hodgkinson, Research Fellow, British Museum:
Colourful glass adornments from Egypt: an 18th-dynasty enigma
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/07/31/colourful-glass-adornments-from-egypt-an-18th-dynasty-enigma/
By Julie Anderson, Assistant Keeper (curator), British Museum:
Death, the great equaliser: Christianity on the Middle Nile
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/08/08/death-the-great-equaliser-christianity-on-the-middle-nile/
ANCIENT EGYPT AND A MAPLE LEAF
New post by Thomas H. Greiner:
100 Years and Counting: My 3 Favourite Objects at the Royal Ontario Museum
http://thomasgreiner.com/2014/08/05/100-years-and-counting-my-3-favourite-objects-at-the-royal-ontario-museum/
BEYOND BONES
Conservation student Kate Brugioni blows the lid off the restoration process for ancient Egyptian artifacts
http://blog.hmns.org/2014/07/hall-of-ancient-egypt-kate-brugioni-restoration-ancient-artifacts/
Off With Its Head! The “De-restoration” of the MCCM Coffin Lid
http://blog.hmns.org/2014/08/off-with-its-head-the-de-restoration-of-the-mccm-coffin-lid/
MEDICINE AND MAGIC IN ANCIENT EGYPT
By Sofia Lodi:
Medicinal Uses of Celery in Ancient Egypt
http://nefertotsie.blogspot.nl/2014/08/medicinal-uses-of-celery-in-ancient.html
Migraine in ancient Egypt
http://nefertotsie.blogspot.nl/2014/08/migraine-in-ancient-egypt.html
ANCIENT EGYPT ALIVE!
by Laura Ranieri:
Day 5 – Cairo: Private Pyramids to Ramadan Insanity
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/05/day-5-cairo-private-pyramids-to-ramadan-insanity/
Days 6-8 – Overnight In The White Desert
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/06/days-6-8-overnight-in-the-white-desert/
Day 9 – Alone in Luxor and Touring with the Qiftis
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/07/day-9-alone-in-luxor-and-touring-with-the-qiftis/
Deir el Bahri in the Blistering Heat: Our private audience with Hatshepsut
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/12/deir-el-bahri-in-the-blistering-heat-our-private-audience-with-hatshepsut/
Medinet Habu — Pharaonic Egypt’s Last Great Stand
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/14/medinet-habu-pharaonic-egypts-last-great-stand/
Ghostly Encounter at the Old Winter Palace
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/15/ghostly-encounter-at-the-old-winter-palace/
Day 12- The Delight of Denderah Temple: A Ptolemaic Masterpiece
http://www.ancientegyptalive.com/2014/08/22/day-12-the-delight-of-denderah-temple-a-ptolemaic-masterpiece/
LIVESCIENCE
By Stephanie Pappas:
Origins of Hierarchy: How Egyptian Pharaohs Rose to Power
http://www.livescience.com/47284-how-stone-age-despots-evolved.html
By Owen Jarus:
'Evil Eye' Box and Other Ancient Treasures Found in Nile River Cemetery
http://www.livescience.com/47306-nile-river-cemetery-discovered.html
NATURE
Mummifying-balm recipe is older than the pharaohs
http://www.nature.com/news/mummifying-balm-recipe-is-older-than-the-pharaohs-1.15717
POPULAR ARCHAEOLOGY
Egyptian mummification started much earlier than previously thought, say researchers
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/egyptian-mummification-started-much-earlier-than-previously-thought-say-researchers
The Mummy Doctors
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-09012014/article/the-mummy-doctors
Merenptah Rising
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-09012014/article/merenptah-rising
Study shows how ecology transformed through 6,000 years of Egyptian history
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-09012014/article/study-shows-how-ecology-transformed-through-6-000-years-of-egyptian-history
EGYPT AT THE MANCHESTER MUSEUM
Object biography # 16: A pyramid temple column reused by Ramesses II (Acc. no. 1780)
http://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/object-biography-16-a-pyramid-temple-column-reused-by-ramesses-ii-acc-no-1780/
Unravelling the John Rylands papyrus collection
http://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/unravelling-the-john-rylands-papyrus-collection/
Edinburgh workshop 16/10/14: Egyptian Gold – Ancient Context, Modern Analysis
http://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/edinburgh-workshop-161014-egyptian-gold-ancient-context-modern-analysis/
LUXOR TIMES
A year later, Khufu's cartouche samples to be returned to Egypt
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2014/08/a-year-later-khufus-cartouche-samples.html
HERITAGEDAILY
The Mummy's Face: Solving An Ancient Mystery
http://www.heritagedaily.com/2014/08/the-mummys-face-solving-an-ancient-mystery/104487
DAILY NEWS EGYPT
Cartouche scandal : Germany returns illegally obtained archaeological samples from Cheops Pyramid
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/08/19/cartouche-scandal-germany-returns-illegally-obtained-archaeological-samples-cheops-pyramid/
THE EGYPTIAN HISTORY PODCAST
Episode 33: Revivals and Regencies
Amenemhat I (Part II) and Senuseret I (Part I).
http://egyptianhistory.libsyn.com/episode-33-revivals-and-regencies
Episode 34: Night of the Long Knives
Senuseret I (Part II) and the Flight of Sinuhe
http://egyptianhistory.libsyn.com/episode-34-night-of-the-long-knives
PAST HORIZONS
Uncovering Berenike: An Ancient Port On The Red Sea Coast
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2014/uncovering-berenike-an-ancient-port-on-the-red-sea-coast
Tracing Changes In Nile Valley Ecology Over 6000 Years
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2014/tracing-changes-in-nile-valley-ecology-over-6000-years
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Scott Reyburn:
The Lure of Antiquities
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/arts/international/the-lure-of-antiquities.html?_r=2
ANCIENT ORIGINS
The Forgotten Stones of Aswan Quarry, Egypt
http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa-opinion-guest-authors/forgotten-stones-aswan-quarry-egypt-001984
EGYPT CENTRE, SWANSEA
The Eye of an Artist
http://egyptcentre.blogspot.nl/2014/08/the-eye-of-artist.html
Pottery Stool from Amarna W345
http://egyptcentre.blogspot.nl/2014/09/pottery-stool-from-amarna-w345.html
DESERET NEWS
Hamblin & Peterson: Alexander the Great wasn't content to be merely human
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865609382/Alexander-the-Great-wasnt-content-to-be-merely-human.html
OUPBLOG
Radiology and Egyptology: insights from ancient lives at the British Museum
http://blog.oup.com/2014/08/radiology-egyptology-ancient-lives-british-museum/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oupblog+%28OUPblog%29
THE GLEN DASH FOUNDATION BLOG
What this Cliff Face May Reveal about the Building of the Pyramids and the Origin of the Sphinx
http://glendash.com/blog/2014/08/18/what-this-cliff-face-may-reveal-about-the-building-of-the-pyramids-and-the-origin-of-the-sphinx/
SOUTH ASASIF CONSERVATION BLOG
Blog Post 8: Reconstructing Karakhamun
http://southasasif.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/blog-post-8-reconstructing-karakhamun/
PENN MUSEUM BLOG
LiDAR Scans and Sacred Lakes: A Report from the 2014 Summer Season at Abydos- Part 1
http://www.penn.museum/blog/research/lidar-scans-and-sacred-lakes-a-report-from-the-2014-summer-season-at-abydos-part-1/
GARSTANG MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY
The Making Of Our Beni Hasan Mural
http://garstangmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/the-making-of-our-beni-hasan-mural/
Object Biography: Meet 'Felix' One Of Our Mummified Cats
http://garstangmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/08/13/object-biography-meet-felix-one-of-our-mummified-cats/
The Texts Of The Coffin Of Userhat (E.512)
http://garstangmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/the-texts-of-the-coffin-of-userhat-e-512/
AL-TAHRIR NEWS NETWORK
New discovery in Horhotep tomb highlights pragmatic funerary complexes
http://www.tnnegypt.com/egyptology/new-discovery-horhotep-tomb-highlights-pragmatic-funerary-complexes/
THE ART NEWSPAPER
When Egypt was a land of three faiths and one god
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/When-Egypt-was-a-land-of-three-faiths-and-one-god/33430
THE HERALD NEWS
MFA's 'Gold and the Gods' opens window to ancient Nubia
http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20140825/ENTERTAINMENT/140828337/2052/ENTERTAINMENT/?Start=1
SCIENCE & SCHOLARSHIP IN POLAND
Polish archaeologists in on the Red Sea port
http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,401643,polish-archaeologists-in-on-the-red-sea-port.html
BBC NEWS
Ancient Last Supper charm found in John Rylands Library
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-29028009
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Conserving by copying: the urgency of Egyptology (youtube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78yHqP1lazA&feature=youtu.be
THE TELEGRAPH
What happened to the missing mummies of Egypt's lost queens?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11072792/What-happened-to-the-missing-mummies-of-Egypts-lost-queens.html
MUSEUMS AND HERITAGE
Egyptians Brought Back To Life At The Atkinson
http://www.museumsandheritage.com/advisor/news/item/3602
AERA
By Ana Tavares:
Fast forward by a thousand years…
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/fast-forward-by-a-thousand-years/
By Freya Sadarangani and Dan Jones:
Home and Away
http://www.aeraweb.org/blog/home-and-away/
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ANIMAL BIO BANK
Manchester Museum’s Animal Mummies in Micro
http://ancientegyptbiobank.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/manchester-museums-animal-mummies-in-micro/
ACROSSBORDERS
Discussing ceramics from Sai Island and other Nubian sites
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/discussing-ceramics-from-sai-island-and-other-nubian-sites/
Some impressions from the 13th International Conference for Nubian Studies
http://acrossborders.oeaw.ac.at/some-impressions-from-the-13th-international-conference-for-nubian-studies/
THE CAIRO POST
Renovation of Sakkara step pyramid to be completed in 2015: Antiquities Minister
http://thecairopost.com/news/123741/travel-antiquities/renovation-of-sakkara-step-pyramid-to-be-completed-in-2015-antiquities-minister
3,000-year-old coffin lid found during house clearance in UK
http://thecairopost.com/news/123760/travel-antiquities/3000-year-old-coffin-lid-found-during-a-house-clearance-in-cambridge
76 Egyptian antiquities for auction at Christie’s
http://thecairopost.com/news/124065/travel-antiquities/76-egyptian-antiquities-for-auction-at-christies
Ancient Egyptian wall relief of Amun-Ra discovered in Sudan
http://thecairopost.com/news/124183/travel-antiquities/ancient-egyptian-wall-relief-of-amun-ra-discovered-in-sudan
Tutankhamen treasures, other items transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum
http://thecairopost.com/news/124275/travel-antiquities/tutankhamen-treasures-other-items-transferred-to-grand-egyptian-museum
Pharaonic New Year celebrated in Minya
http://thecairopost.com/news/124535/travel-antiquities/pharaonic-new-year-celebrated-in-minya
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