Beni Hassan first in National Project to Document Egypt’s Heritage

Ahram Online  (Nevine El-Aref) Eight years after giving the go-ahead for the National Project to Document Egypt’s Heritage, Beni Hassan necropolis in the Upper Egyptian town of Minya...

New antiquities project

Egyptian Gazette (Amina Abdul Salam)    A number of archaeologists have launched a project to develop archaeology in Egypt to be carried out by the new government, according...

Learning more about the Middle Kingdom

Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)With photos.The discovery of a Middle Kingdom burial of a member of the family of the Deir Al-Barsha governor has given Egyptologists some unique...

Egypt at the Manchester Museum

Egypt at the Manchester MuseumThere have been a number of updates by Campbell Price in the last couple of weeks. Have a look at the above page to...

St. Catherine's monastery seeks permanence through technology

Egypt Independent (James Purtill)St. Catherine’s Monastery is going digital. The monastery that claims to be the oldest in the world ­— not destroyed, not abandoned in 17 centuries...

Taba's Salaheddin Citadel set to open doors in July

Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)After a year of extensive restoration Salaheddin Citadel on Pharaoh Island, 250 metres from Taba Beach in Sinai, opens to the public in July.What’s new?The...

A detailed document of inscriptions in Islamic Cairo

Ahram Online (Nevine el-Aref)After 14 years of hard work, Bernard O’Kane, professor of Islamic art and architecture at the American University in Cairo (AUC), has managed to compile...

Exhibition: Communication in Ancient Egypt

University of Birmingham Since the very beginning of human evolution, communication has played a crucial role in social development. In our modern world, when messages are conveyed through countless...

Exhibition: Djehuty Project out in the daylight

Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)With 2 photos.A NUMBER of artefacts discovered at a tomb in Draa Abul-Naga necropolis on Luxor's west bank is to go on show for...

The tomb of Amenemope (TT148) on Osirisnet

Osirisnet (Thierry Benderitter)We present to you today the tomb of Amenemope, TT148, which dates from the 20th Dynasty. Amenemope was Third Prophet of Amon, descended from a powerful...

Upcoming publication: Buhen Old Kingdom Town

The EES Publishing Blog (Patricia Spencer)  On 30 December 1961 an EES expedition led by Professor Bryan Emery returned to Buhen in the Sudan, as part of the...

New Book: The Tombs of Beni Hassan in Minya

Ahram Online Egypt's Ministry of State for Antiquities just issued a new book, 'The Tombs of Beni Hassan in Minya: The Picture and the Significance,' the first in...

Book Review: Deadly Powers: Animal Predators and the Mythic Imagination

Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Review by Reyes Bertolín Cebrián) Paul A. Trout, Deadly Powers: Animal Predators and the Mythic Imagination.  Amherst, NY:  Prometheus Books, 2011.  Pp. 325.  ISBN...

Book Review: City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish

The Periscope Post (Review by Philip Womack)This time it’s a star turn for Peter Parson’s City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish: Greek Lives in Roman Egypt (Weidenfeld & Nicolson,...

Exhibition: Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead in Japan

The Japan Times Online (C.B. Liddell)All exhibitions focusing on ancient Egypt (3100-332 B.C.) smell of the tomb to some degree, simply because the best artifacts have been recovered...

Open Access Journal: Sudan notes and records

Ancient World Online (Charles Jones)Sudan notes and records [From the University of Michigan Digital General Collection]Sudan notes and records [From the University of Khartoum E - Journals]Sudan notes...

Explore Ancient Egypt online

NOVA pbs.org  (Liesl Clark and Peter Tyson)Want to walk around the Sphinx? Clamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza and seek out the pharaoh's burial chamber? Visit the...

Online: Two aspects of Middle Kingdom Funerary culture from two different Middle Egyptian Nomes

eTheses Repository Two aspects of Middle Kingdom Funerary culture from two different Middle Egyptian NomesBillson, Bjorn Marc (2012)M.Phil. thesis, University of Birmingham.PDF (1109Kb)    AbstractThis thesis aims to further the...

Online: An Ancient Relation between Units of Length and Volume Based on a Sphere

Plos ONE  An Ancient Relation between Units of Length and Volume Based on a SphereElena Zapassky, Yuval Gadot, Israel Finkelstein, Itzhak BenensonAbstractThe modern metric system defines units of...

Online: Le parvis du temple d'Opet à Karnak. Exploration archéologique

academia.edu Via Yvonne Buskens, with thanks.Le parvis du temple d'Opet à Karnak. Exploration archéologique (2006-2007) by Guillaume Charloux English AbstractThe Opet temple, which rests atop the ruins of some...

Online: The Organization of the Pyramid Texts (2 vol. set)

Brill Online Author: Harold M. HaysSubjects: Ancient Near East & Egypt    Overview    Chapters (17)The ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts form the oldest body of religious texts in the world. This...

Online: Models and Evidence in the Study of Religion in Late Roman Egypt

History of the Ancient World   Models and Evidence in the Study of Religion in Late Roman EgyptBagnall, Roger S. (New York University)From Temple to Church: Destruction and Renewal of...

Online: A Vineyard in the Small Oasis:What Was the Dispute About?

History of the Ancient World Via Maria Nilsson, with thanks.A Vineyard in the Small Oasis:What Was the Dispute About?Bagnall, Roger S.The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, vol. XXXIII, pp. 17...

KMT Volume 23, Number 2, Summer 2012

KMT Journal“A New Tomb in the Valley of the Kings: KV64” by Susanne Bickel & Elina Paulin-Grothe“The Egyptological Archives of the University of Milan” by Lucy Gordan-RastelliAt the...