Weekly Websites

Amarna, Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/amarna/index.shtml

An excellent website from the UPenn, complementing the Amarna exhibition: "Amarna, Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun, a new exhibition at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, offers a rare look at the meteoric rise and fall of this unique royal city during one of Egypt’s most intriguing times. The exhibition, the centerpiece of the Museum’s event-filled “Year of Egypt” opened on November 12 and runs through October 2007."

KV5
http://www.kv5.com/articles/article_12.3.html

"Tens of thousands of objects have been found in KV 5, most badly broken or battered by past floods that have hit the Valley of the Kings [11513]. These floods washed tons of mud and debris into low-lying tombs. The objects are embedded in this "matrix" and great care must be taken to remove them safely while recording precisely where they were found. Even potsherds can provide information on chronology, the movement of trade goods, and funerary practices. A major problem is determining what was original to the tomb and what was washed in by later floodwaters. The archaeological context (where the object was found and what lay around it) can tell us the function served by a tomb chamber."

Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10015

"AFOB online continues to be one of the foremost fieldwork resources. There are over 250 listings for archaeological projects around the world. Each AFOB listing features a project profile window with icons to provide information on the size of the project, age requirements, and academic credit availability. The listings continue to provide in-depth descriptions of the projects and accommodations, as well as bibliographies and other detailed information."

Hierakonpolis: 2007 Field Note 4 - All Drawn Out!
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/hierakonpolis/field07/4.html

"Any excavation at Hierakonpolis would not be complete without collecting bucket after bucket of ceramic sherds. At parts of the site the ceramic pieces are so abundant you literally cannot take a step without stepping on a few or even several. What do we do with all of these collected broken ceramics? We draw them and by doing so we can re-create the pottery vessel from which they originated.
Before we can draw the pottery we must first sort the collected fragments and distinguish exactly which sherds are important enough to draw. It is unrealistic to try to draw every sherd we collect, but most people are surprised to learn just how much information can be gained just by looking at a particular sherd with a trained eye. Pottery is our best guide for determining the relative date of the occupation at a particular location within the vast site of Hierakonpolis and the types of vessels can also tell us something about the activities taking place there, or the function of the locality."

Dictionary of Middle Egyptian
http://www.twonotes.com/hg/dictionary.pdf

In Gardiner classification order (PDF format).

Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane
http://history.memphis.edu/murnane/

All articles are available for download in PDF format

James P. Allen, "The Amarna Succession"
Michel Azim & Vincent Rondot, "Note archéologique et épigraphique sur les architraves de la grande salle hypostyle du temple d’Amon-Rê à Karnak"
Peter Dorman, "The Long Coregency Revisited: Architectural and Iconographic Conundra in the Tomb of Kheruef"
Jacobus van Dijk, "The Death of Meketaten" Richard Fazzini, "Two Semi-Erased Kushite Cartouches in the Precinct of Mut at South Karnak"
Luc Gabolde, "Un assemblage au nom d'Amenemhat Ier dans les magasins du temple de Louxor"
Marc Gabolde, "Under a Deep Blue Starry Sky"
Helen Jacquet-Gordon, "The Festival on which Amun went out to the Treasury" Kenneth A. Kitchen, "Egyptian New-Kingdom Topographical Lists: An Historical Resource with ‘Literary’ Histories"

Cómo "Leer" el Arte Egipcio
http://www.egiptomania.com/arte/

"Análisis iconográficos e iconológicos de las obras en tanto que manifestaciones supra-artísticas del antiguo Egipto, en los que se detallarán los elementos que las acompañan, sus diferentes características, así como la inserción de aquéllas en su contexto ideológico, cultural e histórico."