Mummy scan database to launch in the summer
IMPACT Radiological Mummy Database ProjectThanks to Dr Andrew Wade for letting me know that there is a project collating mummy scans from around the world. The IMPACT Radiological...More re salvaging manuscripts after the Institut d’Égypte fire
American Research Centre in Egypt (Irfana Hashmi)On an ‘anything but normal’ work day, I went to the Egyptian National Archives where I found the remains of thousands of...Independent heritage initiatives: A first step to linking communities to their own histories
Egypt Independent (Fatma Keshk)Very valuable insight into the work of independent groups working in Egypt to preserve heritage. Since the 18th century, Egypt has had a public authority...Recent research on Tutankhamun and the restoration of his damaged artefacts
The Eloquent Peasant (Margaret Maitland)While other Egyptologists such as Champollion and Petrie were famed for their scholarly advances, Carter superseded them in the public imagination with a discovery...Mummy's secrets revealed by 3D holography imaging
The Archaeology News NetworkEgyptian Mummies shrouded for over 2000 years could be set to give up their inner secrets like never before. Thanks to a 3D hologram imaging...A history of how limestone became Cairo
Egypt Independent (James Purtill) Good to see geology being given some media space! Under Cairo’s asphalt, under the reverberations of its street traffic, rocks are flowing, compacting, shearing and...More re Egytpian astronomical observation
Space DailyThe study of the "Demon star", Algol, made by a research group of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has received both scientific and public attention. The period...New Details of Theft Claim in St. Louis Art Museum Ka Nefer Nefer Mask Forfeiture
Cultural Heritage Lawyer (Rick St. Hilaire)Prosecutors in the case of United States v. Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer today filed a Reply in Support of Its Motion to Reconsider. The...A mummy swtcheroo
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi)Min, the ancient Egyptian god of phallus and fertility, might have brought some worldy advantages to his male worshippers, but offered little protection when it...Howard Carter: "Miraculous," Misunderstood Man
National Geographic (Ker Than)With a lovely Harry Burton photograph of Carter inspecting the coffins. This was posted to coincide with Carter's birthday the week before last.The King Tut...New Book: The Shape of Script
SARThe Shape of Script. How and Why Writing Systems ChangeEdited by Stephen D. HoustonThis book builds on earlier projects about the origins and extinctions of script traditions throughout...Karnak Online Bibliographical Project
CFEETK Many thanks to Chuck Jones and his Ancient World Online blog for this link.The development of a new CFEETK archives database started in 2009 has required a...Online: Jean-François Champollion and ancient Egyptian embalming
The Lancet (Andrew Robinson)Thanks very much to Yvonne Buskens for this linkThe Lancet, Volume 379, Issue 9828, Pages 1782 - 1783, 12 May 2012200 years ago this year,...Online: Amheida I: Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 1
Ancient World Digital LibraryThanks to the What's New in Papyrology blog for this link.AMHEIDA I: OSTRAKA FROM TRIMITHIS, VOLUME 1Texts from the 2004–2007 Seasons by Roger S. Bagnall...Travel: There's always something to see on a tour down the Nile
Daily Mail (Wendy Gomersall)The main reason for posting this is the lovely photograph of the tomb of Sennefer.It was a bit of a schlep up the dusty hillside...In Egypt turmoil, thieves hunt pharaonic treasures
Ahram OnlineGoogle / Associated Press Illegal digs near ancient temples and in isolated desert sites have swelled a staggering 100-fold over the past 16 months since a popular...University of Basel King's Valley Project - Perliminary Report 2012
University of Basel (Susanne Bickel, Elina Paulin-Grothe)A very useful report on the work being carried out by the University of Basel in the Valley of the Kings (including...WWII archaeology in the Western Desert
The Telegraph, UK (Richard Alleyne)With two photographs. A friend who is an expert on aviation history says that this plane has actually been known for some time, and that...Ministry of Antiquities Receives 80 Monuments From Belgium
Ahram Online (Nevine Al-Aref)With photos.The story started in April 2010 when Customs at Brussels Airport caught an Egyptian woman trying to smuggle 80 genuine objects concealed inside two...Virtual Giza
The Giza 3D website is at: http://giza3d.3ds.com/#discover Fast Co Design (Cliff Kuang)With photos.Last November, three American students studying in Egypt were arrested as they watched the protests leading...Cairo's other pyramids emerge
The National (Rebecca Bundhun)If you follow the Nile south of the smog of Cairo, and drive on for about 40km past the occasional donkey and herd of goats...New Book: Egyptian Magic
The American University in Cairo PressEgyptian Magic. The Quest for Thoth’s Book of Secrets. Maarten J. RavenMaarten J. Raven is curator of the Egyptian Department of the National...New Albums on Egyptological
Photo Albums, Egyptological We have posted some lovely Albums of photos recently on Egyptological. Have a look at the above page. We have had a Horemheb theme running, with...Exhibition: Pharoah: King of Egypt, Birmingham UK
Edge Magazine 14th July – 14th October 2012This summer, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is hosting the UK’s largest ever exhibition of ancient Egyptian artefacts on loan from the...A kangaroo at the pyramids
Arabist.net Go to the above page to see a great photo of a kangaroo at the Giza pyramids. The caption suggests that it was the mascot of Australian troops...Photo for Today - A-Group egg-shell vessel, Ashmolean Museum
I've only just realized that I forgot to update the blog last weekend - I had posted so many odds and ends on Twitter and Facebook that I...Tomb 5, of Ahmes son of Abana, at el-Kab now on Osirisnet
Osirisnet Update: Apologies for the incorrect title on the original post, and for Thierry for pointing it out!Thanks to Thierry Benderitter for letting me know that Osirisnet has...AKHENATEN (reigned c. 1352–1336 BC)
Throne name Neferkheperure waenre. Original name Amenhotep IV. Son of Amenhotep III and Tiy. It is probable that he was not the eldest son, as a Prince Thutmose...Temple of Luxor History
Temple of Luxor History In the past, religious processions passed between the temple complex of Karnak and the Temple of Luxor along the road from the parents of...Athribis
Athribis Wannina is a town-site on the west bank of the Nile about 10km south-west of Sohag. In ancient times the town was called Hwt-Repyt and renamed Athribis...
